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Antique maps > america > north america > Antique map - sea chart of New York by J. Van Keulen
Sea chart of New York and New England, with insets of the Hudson River and the Connecticut River.
Cartographer: C. J. Vooght
"This is only the second published engraved map focusing on this region, the extremely rare Arent Roggeveen of 1675 pre-dating it. It arguably represents the apogee of Dutch knowledge of the region, many toponyms appearing for the first time. It also bears similarities to other van Keulen charts. The sources are unknown. Although the region is named both New Netherlands and New York the city itself is unnamed. Nearby are a great number of placenames including some recognisable ones such as Konynen Eyl., Breukelen and further east on Long Island Heemsteden, Ooster Bay and Oost Hampton. Long Island is shorter and plumper than it should be.
The inset in the top third is the map's main claim to fame. It is the first engraved map devoted to the Hudson River and it, too, introduces many new placenames. On the west side above Manhattan is Taphaan and further upriver Kats Kil, Middelburgh now Hudson, and t Greyn Bosch near Albany. Tucked in with it is a smaller inset map of the lower reaches of the Connecticut River called the Versche, or fresh, River. These are the first charts of any North American river. Unlike the Hudson River the Connecticut, although explored by Adriaen Block in 1614, and settled with a trading post near present-day Hartford in 1633, was dominated thereafter by the English. Four towns were established between 1635 and 1636 and all are recognisable with Zee Brock at its mouth and Waters Veldt (Weathersfield), Hereford (Hartford) and Winser. All appeared on the Janssonius BELGII NOVI, 1651. All of the English nomenclature along the coast of New England can be found on English maps of the day. Martin Wynards Eyland and Natoket although clearly recognisable are different in outline to any other Dutch cartographer, but no real improvement. Unlike the earlier Roggeveen the nearby Elisabeths Isles are depicted." (Burden)
Copper engraving
Size: 51.5 x 58cm (20.1 x 22.6 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Old coloured,excellent.
Condition Rating: A
References: Burden, 590, State 4; Koeman, Keu (135).
From: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel, ... Amsterdam, J. van Keulen, 1697-1709.
Item number: 13675
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