Engelsk kartförläggare i mitten av 1700-talet. Han gav troligen inte ut någon hel atlas, men däremot en rad enkla kartor. 1753 gav John Bowles & Son ut 'A catalogue of Maps, Prints, Copy-Books, etc. '
Bland arbeten.
A catalogue of Maps, Prints, Copy-Books, etc.
Brown, s. 354. - Tooley.
1653-1715.
In 1680 was given special endorsement from the Dutch state to print and publish sea charts and sailing instructions. The van Keulen family's best-known work is Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel a world atlas in five volumes, published by Johannes's son Gerard and subsequently by Gerard's children and grandchildren.
As we have noted in other biographies in this chapter, the Dutch produced a remarkable number of enterprising and prolific map and chart makers but not even the Blaeu and Jansson establishments could rival the vigour of the van Keulen family whose business was founded in 1680 and continued under their name until 1823 and in other names until 1885 when it was finally wound up and the stock dispersed at auction. Throughout the history of the family, the widows of several of the van Keulens played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business.
The firm was founded by Johannes van Keulen who was registered as a bookseller in Amsterdam in 1678. In 16...
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.
1764-1825.
Surveyor. In 1794, engineer attached to the General Survey office.
[Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin]
Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.
Frösåkers härad. Kartlagt 1905.
