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1700 Pieter van der Aa
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Stock# 18757
Description
Interesting map centered on the Arabian Peninsula, illustrating Henry Middleton's Voyage on behalf of the East India Company in 1610 to the Red Sea via the Indian Ocean.
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.