
Antique maps of Iceland
Guðbrandur Þorláksson, 1590
Joris Carolus, 1628
Þórður Þorláksson, 1670
Hans Hoffgard, 1723
Gerard van Keulen, 1728
Jóhann Homann, 1761
Eiríksson and Olavius, 1780
Björn Gunnlaugsson, 1844
Björn Gunnlaugsson, 1849
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Antique map of Gerard van Keulen, 1728.
Dutchman Gerard van Keulen (1678-1727) and his father ran the marine
chart company Van Keulen which was the largest of its kind in Europe
in the mid-eighteenth century and almost served as an unofficial maritime
authority for the continent Gerard van Keulen was an excellent engraver
and well versed in mathematics and navigation.
He was for a time the senior cartographer
for the East and West India Trading Companies and made almost 500 maps
of the coastlines of the world. His sea map collection, published in
1752 is the most comprehensive ever seen.
Van Keulen's map of Iceland was published in 1728 and is partly based
on Joris Carolus' map of 1628, resembling general land maps rather than
sea maps despite including several characteristic features of sea maps
such as compass lines and compass roses.
Actual size of map: 65 x 59 cm.
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