Caarte vande Rivier van Bourdeaux tot aen Bayone, ende voorts aen Gataria.

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Original antique copper engraving, hand coloured when published, depicting Bordeaux. Published by Jacques & Gasper Anthoine, Amsterdam, 1662. Sheet: 423 by 525mm (16¾ by 20¾ inches).. A fine decorative example of antique cartography by Jacobsz Theunis & Jacob and Casparus Lootsman, rich in period detail and historical significance. Jacobsz Theunis and Jacob Casparus Lootsman operated a prominent Amsterdam maritime publishing house in the mid-seventeenth century, producing sea charts and pilot books (waggoners) for navigators trading along the European coastlines. Their sea charts of the French Atlantic coast and Bay of Biscay provided essential navigational information for mariners of the age and are now rare and historically significant survivors of practical Dutch seamanship publishing. Detailed sea chart of the area Bordeaux - Bayonne - San Sebastian in South West France and the neighbouring Galicia. Ornated with a large decorative title cartouche in the upper right corner, as well compass roses and a sailing ship. The map is pretty accurate and provides information along the coast with place names, anchor places, sand banks and depths in the sea. In good condition for its age (published 1662). Colours well preserved. Some age-toning and minor imperfections consistent with a document of this antiquity. A condition report is available on request.

Jacobsz Theunis & Jacob and Casparus Lootsman – Caarte vande Rivier van Bourdeaux tot aen Bayone, ende vo... · Original Antique Copper Engraving, Uncoloured...