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The R.S.J.Clarke Collection of Cartography

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December 2015

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Keulen, Johannes van (c.1654-1715)

A Chart of Ireland and the Irish Sea (1680)

“Pascaart vande Canaal Engeland, Schotland en Yrland,

Synde vande miswysingh en veel fouten verbetert door veel

Ervaerne Stierlieden. T`Amsterdam. By Ioannes van

Keulen, Boeckverkooper en Graedboogh maecker aende

Nieuwbrug inde gekroonde Lootsman. Met Privilegie voor

15 Iaar.”

From De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerdende Zee-Atlas

Ofte Water-Werelt (1680). It is oriented with North to the

right. Verso blank. 605 x 520.

€ 300 - 400

Keulen, Johannes van (c.1654-1715)

Johannes van Keulen was born at Deventer about 1654, the son of Gerrit van Keulen

and Machteld Pouwels. The family probably moved to Amsterdam after 1656. In 1678 Johannes

was enrolled in the booksellers’ guild, living at the Warmesstraat, and from 1680 he describes

himself on his title-pages as a book-seller and instrument-maker at the East End of the New Bridge

at the Sign of the Crowned Pilot. An advertisment in 1695 states that the charts were essentially

by Claas Jansz Vooght, mathematician, and it seems that van Keulen remained throughout only the

publisher. He enlarged his business in 1693 by buying up that of Hendrik Doncker who wished to

retire.

Johannes married Louise Coerten and had a son Gerard who was born in1678 and who

took over the business when his father died in 1715. Gerard was a skillful engraver and mathema-

tician, so that the atlases were steadily improved and the business flourished during his period of

control. Whereas Johannes was never appointed hydrographer to the East India Company, Gerard

held this post from 1714, as did his successors in the firm. Gerard died in 1726 at the relatively

young age of 49, and his widow Ludwina Konst ran the business with his son Johannes II. It contin-

ued to expand, and after he died in 1755 his two sons Gerard Hulst van Keulen and Cornelis Buys

van Keulen, followed on. Thereafter the business declined, especially in the phase 1757-78, to have

a brief resurgence when Gerard managed it alone after the death of Cornelis in the latter year. Ge-

rard died in 1801 and although the firm lasted until 1885 there were no important new productions.

Johannes van Keulen’s first publication was De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas

Ofte Water-Werelt which was published in 1680 in Dutch and French. Spanish and English editions

followed in 1682, and the whole was reprinted many times until the last edition of 1734. It is essen-

tially a one-volume atlas with little text. At first it had only 36 charts, but this number was increased

by taking over charts from the Zee- Fakkel, so that the largest edition (of 1708 and with 185 charts) is

in separate sections like the Zee-Fakkel. On the other hand the 1734 edition had only 25 charts, for

no apparent reason.

The other publication was De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel, Parts I and II being

published in Amsterdam in 1681 with text in Dutch and French. This was a pilot-guide, like those of

the other Dutch publishers, with sections covering the main areas of the world. The Irish charts are

in Part II and this part continued to appear until 1803, including Spanish editions c. 1700.

From the outset (1680) the Zee-Atlas contained a chart of Ireland and the Irish Sea

similar to that by Doncker (1659), Goos (1666) and Jacobsz (1666), but showing more of England

and therefore closer to a chart of the British Isles (chart I). It occurs in most of the early editions

from 1680-84, but is found as late as 1694. It has not been seen in the Zee-Fakkel. After 1685 it was

sometimes replaced by a chart oriented with north to the left unlike that of any other cartographer

(chart II). This latter chart was used in the Zee-Fakkel from the first edition of 1681. Its geographical

details are similar, though it is somewhat more decorative with its ship, and larger figures in the

cartouche. Additions to the chart, including a sandbank and the imaginary island of “Brazil”, were

made for different editions within a short time around 1700. Confusion in the states arises because

of the difficulty in dating the two Spanish editions of the Zee-Fakkel.

There are four regional Irish charts (III - VI), which first appeared in the Zee-Fakkel, Part

II, of 1681. They occur in the English edition of the Zee-Atlas of 1682 (N.M.M. and R.G.S.), but Koe-

man describes it as having “been enlarged with several extra charts”. However, they did not officially

reach the Zee-Atlas until the edition of 1688, and they are not in the 1682 or 1684 Dutch or English

editions in the B.L. These charts were all modified for the 1704 Zee-Fakkel and that of south-west

Ireland had an additional modification, as is indicated in the detailed descriptions below.

Two larger charts (VII and VIII) appeared later in the Zee-Fakkel, one of Ireland and

the Irish Sea in 1718, and the other of southern Scotland and northern Ireland in 1728, both being

used sometimes instead of chart IV. In the 1734 edition four new charts (IX - XII) were introduced,

covering the main harbours of Ireland. They were produced by Johannes II, though they were

signed by Gerard van Keulen. Three of them had the imprint of Gerard Hulst van Keulen inserted

later. Finally, there are two charts (XIII and XIV) of 1802/3 which are not in Koeman but are signed

by the widow of G.H. van Keulen. On the whole the 1681 charts are decorative, attractively laid out

and approximately up to date. The later group are innacurate, with little decoration and are clearly

derived from British surveys.

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Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664)

A Chart of Ireland and the Irish Sea (1652)

“Pascaart Vant Canaal Tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck alsmede geheel Jerlant en Schotlant,

waer in men clear can sien de rechte distantien en courssen tusschen alle havens

endroogte, alles opt syn ware hoogten geleyt.”

Also a version of this in Latin. This is a close

copy of Jacobsz`s chart in De Zeespiegel (1652). Verso text in Latin, ending on right half

“Sff -thieu”. 550 x 430.

€ 300 - 400

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Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664)

A Chart of Ireland and the Irish Sea (1652)

“Pascaart Vant Canaal Tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck

alsmede geheel Jerlant en Schotlant, waer in men clear can

sien de rechte distantien en courssen tusschen alle havens

endroogte, alles opt syn ware hoogten geleyt.”

Also a version of this in Latin. This is a close copy of Jacobsz`s

chart in De Zeespiegel (1657). Verso text in Dutch. 550 x 430.

€ 300 - 400

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Janssonius, Johannes (1588-1664)

A Chart of Ireland and the Irish Sea (1650)

“Pascaart Vant Canaal Tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck

alsmede geheel Jerlant en Schotlant, waer in men clear can

sien de rechte distantien en courssen tusschen alle havens

endroogte, alles opt syn ware hoogten geleyt.”

Also a version of this in Latin. This is a close copy of Jacobsz`s

chart in De Zeespiegel (1650). Verso text in Latin, ending

on right half “Aaa bit”. 550 x 430.

€ 300 - 400

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Janssonius, Johannes (1588-1664)

A Chart of the South-east Coast of Ireland (1650)

“Beschrijvinge der Zeecusten vande Suijd-sijde van Ierlant

…..” and “Description des costes marines meridionales et

Orientales d`Irlande ….”;

long title in Dutch and French for

this chart based on Blaeu`s chart of south-east Ireland.

There is a large meridian bar above the scales and map

number “16” in the lower right corner. From Het Licht der

Zeevaert (1620). Verso blank. 540 x 250.

€ 300 - 400