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Decorative large format map of Asia, extending to the Ladrones, Marianas and New Guinea.
Among the more interesting features of the map is are the two insets, one of which shows the road from Kirin to Peking (Beijing) and the other showing a detailed alternative treatment to the cartography on the main map, whereby the Esonis Strait has been replaced by a continuous land bridge between Northern China, Tartariae Kine and Terra Esonis.
The map is one of the most finely engraved and decorative atlas maps of Asia published in Amsterdam in the first part of the 18th Century and reflects the fine craftsmanship and high quality engraving work which is evident in all of Vander Aa's works.
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.
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