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Stock# 13892
Description
Striking map of parts of Southern Mexico to Guatemala, centered on Mexico City. The map was prepared to illustrate the Dutch translations of the accounts of Ferdinand Cortes in Mexico. Striking cartouche and compass rose.
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.
![Mexique par Th. Duvotenay…1842 [Republic of Texas]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/93713.jpg)
