Dutch Chart of Guinea

Peter Vander Aa, 1729
Guinee, Grand Pays de l'Afrique... Excellent. 10.25 x 14.25 inches. $350.

In the style of a sea chart but with full inland detail, this map maintains the fine engraving quality for which Vander aa'a maps are known.

Peter Vander Aa,  born in Leiden in 1659, died four years after the publication of this map. Koeman writes that "During the period 1682-1733, an enormous quantity of printed matter was published by him. There were a number of very spectacular works, such as the Naaukeurige versameling der gedenkwaardigste zee-en land-reysen, published between 1706 and 1708 in 28 volumes, and the Galerie agreable du monde, completed in 1729, comprising 66 parts and bound in 27 volumes. Apart from the 'voyages' and the Galerie agreable, several atlases and picture-books like the Representation, oil Pon voit un grand nombre des isles, cotes... and a work by N. de Fer: Les Forces de I''Europe. Asie, Afrique et Amerique ou description des princip. villes avec lews forteresses... (1726) appeared at Van der Aa's. The last mentioned work contains a good quantity of maps."