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Striking map, depicting the voyage route from England to the Cape Cod region, depicting the first permanent colonization of America by the English. Details include Roanoak Inlet, Jamestown, Chespeake Bay, Boston, and Martha's Vineyard. Vander Aa was one of the great compilers of early voyages. Many of these voyages did not include contemporary maps, making Vander Aa's accounts, the only obtainable graphical representations of the voyage. Gorgeous full color with a striking cartouche.

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.