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Stock# 114206
Description
Impressed engraved view of the Cape of Good Hope, with Dutch ships in the harbor and Table Mountain in the background.
Condition Description
Engraving on laid paper. Some soiling, namely in the margins.
Pieter van der Aa Biography
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch mapmaker and publisher who printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated books, but is best known for his voluminous output of maps and atlases. Van der Aa was born to a German stonecutter from Holstein. Interestingly, all three van der Aa sons came to be involved in the printing business. Hildebrand was a copper engraver and Boudewyn was a printer.
