Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Fair
Confirmed: Yes
Date Acquired: 1/1/2023
Dealers ID No.: 19153
Description: This map of New Guinea (Nova Guinea) and the Solomon Islands (Insulae Salomonis) first appeared in the Magellanica section of Caert-Thresoor, the compact Dutch atlas published in 1598 under the imprint of Barent Langenes and distributed through the Amsterdam publisher Cornelis Claesz. Designed as an affordable, portable alternative to largeformat atlases, CaertThresoor brought together terrestrial, maritime, and cosmographical material for both scholarly and general audiences.nMost plates were engraved by Pieter van den Keere (including this plate View Record (#285)), with additional contributions by Jodocus Hondius (View Record (#294), View Record (#295), View Record (#296)). The authorship of some maps, such as the East Indies plate (View Record (#388)), remains uncertain and may involve either engraver.nAfter its first appearance in 1598, the atlas was expanded and standardised under Claeszs direction and developed into a multilingual series. A Latin edition appeared in 1600 under the title Tabularum geographicarum contractarum, with the text revised by Petrus Bertius. This was followed by the expanded libri quinque edition of 1606, from which this map derives. The presence of latitude markings confirms that this example belongs to the post-1599 editions. French and later German versions further extended the atlass circulation well into the seventeenth century.nEngraved by van den Keere, the map draws its cartographic details from Petrus Plancius's map of the Spice Islands (View Record (#72)). Both the coastal outlines and the inscription beneath New Guinea, referring to Andrea Corsali, are taken directly from Planciuss work. The inscription reads:nNova Guinea a nautis sic dicta, quod eius litora, locorumque facies Guineæ Africanæ multum sunt similia. Ab Andrea Corsali Florentino videtur dici Terra de Piccinacoli. Partem autem esse continentis Australis magnitudo probabile facit.nTranslated:nNew Guinea is so named by seafarers because its coasts and the appearance of its places closely resemble those of African Guinea. According to the Florentine Andrea Corsali, it appears to be called the Land of the Piccinacoli (small people, or pygmies, in early Italian usage). Its great size, moreover, makes it probable that it forms part of the southern continent.nThe suggestion that New Guinea might constitute part of Terra Australis reflects late sixteenth-century geographical uncertainty about the extent and configuration of the southern continent.
Engraver: van den Keere, Pieter
First published: Caert-Thresoor, Middelburg: Barent Langenes, 1598
Image Size (cm): 12.5×8.6
Mapmaker: Langenes, Barent (fl. 1598-1609)
Other states: Dutch, French, Latin, and German editions between 1598 and 1650
Price: 300
Primary Category: Southeast Asia
Purchase Reference: Email ledger in Euro
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Peter van der Krogt, ed., Koemans Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 3 (t Goy-Houten: HES & De Graaf, 1997), 408409 (no. 341:33).nGünter Schilder, Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica, vol. 7 (Lochem: Canaletto, 2003), 470472.
Sheet size (cm): 18×11.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: Petrus Bertius, Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri quinque, Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1606
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