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Rare early example of Hendrik Doncker's chart of the Europe and the Eastern Atlantic, published in his De zee-atlas of Water-waerelt . . ., published in Amsterdam.
Hendrik Doncker was a famous bookseller in Amsterdam, who started at the age of 22 years and ran his shop successfully for fifty years. He published his first sea atlas around 1659. Due to the fact, that Hendrik Doncker corrected and improved his charts more frequently than other well known map makers, as van Loon, Goos or Theunisz, his business was quite successful and there was a high demand for his works.
Hendrik Doncker was a prominent bookseller in Amsterdam best known for his sea charts and nautical atlases. He issued his own original charts, which he updated frequently, and also worked with colleagues like Pieter Goos, for example to produce the pilot guide, De Zeespeigel. He died in 1699, after fifty years in business. His plates then passed to Johannes van Keulen.
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