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	KEULEN, Johannes van (1678-1727) Pas kaart van de Riviern Commewini Suriname en Cupenama Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen, [1687]. Copper-engraved map, full contemporary hand-colouring, heightened with gold. Sheet size: 20 7/8 x 25 inches. A very fine copy of this excellent and very early chart of Suriname: the area that the Dutch accepted in lieu of New York. This beautifully-finished map was published by innovative Dutch cartographer and publisher Johannes van Keulen in the 1687 second edition of the third volume his Sea-Atlas [or Zee-Fakkel]. The chart concentrates on coastal Suriname, with the site of the capital identified as Starrenbergh Para Maribo t' fort Zeelandia. To the left is the Rio Marrawini (the river Maroni or Marowijne) which forms the border with French Guiana. The map shows the area less than 20 years after the Dutch had agreed to forego any claims to New Amsterdam and its surroundings in North America, in exchange for the English relinquishing their claims to Guyana or Suriname. Cf. Koeman IV, Keu109B #24938$1,500.00
	KEULEN, Johannes van (1678-1727) Pas kaart van de Zee kusten van Guiana Cabo Noord en Rio Amano Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen, [1687]. Copper-engraved map, full contemporary hand-colouring, heightened with gold. Sheet size: 20 7/8 x 25 inches. A very fine copy of this excellent and very early chart of French Guiana. This beautifully-finished map was published by innovative Dutch cartographer and publisher ,Johannes van Keulen, in the 1687 second edition of the third volume his Sea-Atlas [or Zee-Fakkel]. The chart concentrates on Cayenne (now the capital of French Guiana) and coast to the north-west almost to the border with Surinam and south-east to the border with Brazil and beyond to the Rio Arowary, close to the mouth of the Amazon. There are two insets: one a close-up of the island of Cayenne, and the second of the French fort of the same name. The French made a number of abortive attempts to colonise the region, in 1604 and 1643, and it was not until 1664, when France finally succeeded at establishing a permanent settlement at Cayenne. As with most parts of the region, the area changed hand a number of times, between the French, Dutch and English, before being finally restored to France. Cf. Koeman IV, Keu109B #24937$1,500.00
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