Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: 3/10/2024
Date Acquired: 1/10/2020
Dealers ID No.: 18925 (GE 1402)
Description: The Van Keulen family was renowned for their significant contributions to mapmaking and atlas publishing. Their firm, In de Gekroonde Lootsman (In the Crowned Pilot), was established in 1678 by Johannes van Keulen I. Just two years later, Johannes secured exclusive rights from the Dutch government to publish sea atlases and pilot guides. That same year, he published De groote nieuwe vermeerderde zee atlas ofte water-werelt (Great New Enlarged Sea Atlas of the Water World), commonly referred to as Zee Atlas, which remained in production for fifty-four years with approximately thirty-four editions. nIn 1681, van Keulen introduced the first two volumes of his pilot guide De Nieuwe lichtende Zee-fakkel (New Shining Sea Torch), widely known as Zee fakkel. Over the next four years, three more volumes were added. nIn 1704, Johanness son, Gerard van Keulen, took over the family business and expanded the atlases until his death in 1726. Ownership then passed to Gerards son, Johannes II, who solidified the familys legacy by publishing the sixth and final volume of the Zee-Fakkel in 1753. This new volume included previously restricted cartographic information on the East Indies, which the Dutch East India Company (VOC) had closely guarded to protect trade routes. Merchants had to to return maps to the VOC after each voyage to preserve this secrecy, but the final volume made such information publicly accessible for the first time. nThe fifth volume of the 1728 edition of the Zee-Fakkel included this detailed map of the island of Java. Nine years earlier, Henri Chatelain had published a similarly detailed map of the island (View Record (#353)). It is widely believed that Chatelain derived much of his cartographic information from Hadrien Reland, a Dutch scholar and philologist renowned for his extensive studies of the Indonesian Archipelago in the early eighteenth century.nVan Keulen's maps was printed from two copper plates on two sheets of paper, joined to create a single map of Java. It features hundreds of depth soundings and safe anchorages, essential for navigating these waters. In the lower left, an inset displays the coastal roads of Batavia (modern-day Jakarta), while the upper right features a panoramic view of Batavia with the Bogor Mountains in the background. nProvenance: Ex Collection Geoffrey Allan Edwards (1947-2019)
Engraver: Keyser, Jacob
First published: De nieuwe groote lichtende Zee-fakkel, Vol. 5, Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen II, 1728
Image Size (cm): 52×120
Mapmaker: Keulen II, Johannes van (1704-1755)
Price: 6,000
Primary Category: Southeast Asia
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: David Parry, The Cartography of the East Indian Islands: Insulae Indiae Orientalis (London: Countrywide Editions, 2005), 182, pl. 6.8.
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1728
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