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Description

Decorative map of the region from Cyprus and the Holy Land to the Caspian Sea, centered on the Black Sea. Decorative Cartouche.

The map was engraved to illustrate and early 18th Century Dutch translation of the mid-14th Century travel narrative of Juan de Luca.

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.