Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non Pennsylvaniae et Partis Virginiae Tabula by DANCKERTS, Justus - 1684

Amsterdam, c. 1700. Copper engraving, 50.5 x 59 cm, original hand-colour, very slight paper toning, blank verso. The map extends as far south as Paris, but the focus is on the region which is now mostly incoprorated into Belgium and Luxembourg, but was then divided between France, Spain and the United Provinces. The elaborate allegorical cartouche features a Belgian lion. Map

Engraved map of central Europe by the cartographer Justus Danckerts (1635-1701). It shows present-day Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in its totality, with large parts of Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and even small parts of Croatia, Denmark, England, and Italy.Corners folded, and a small damage at the bottom of the fold, only slightly affecting the image, otherwise in good condition.l Koeman II, Dan 1 (no. 11).

Amsterdam; Danckerts, 1685. Maps. Very Good. [An Early 17th Century Map of Africa, vividly colored] Map dimensions: 19.5 x 23 in; frame: 29 x 32 in. Copper engraved map of Africa with contemporary with contemporary hand coloring. Double-page engraved map of Africa, based on the work of Frederick De Wit. Small old ink stain in the Atlantic Ocean. The map features images of elephants, ostriches, monkeys, lions and rhinoceros. The title cartouche features Moors and Africans with a child seated on an elephant and two lions perched atop the cartouche. Rear back of map includes a letter with W. Graham Arader's description of the Danckert's map engravings. Circa 1685-1690.

Amsterdam: J. Danckerts, 1696. Very good, early color with minor archival verso repairs to centerfold (expert). This is a very decorative image of the Americas with the California as an island format, and a decorative cartouche of natives, serpents. It is no accident that the cartouche design and imagery on these maps strongly resemble those of the Blaeus, as Danckerts borrowed liberally from his predecessor. The Solomon Islands are shown to the west., as are the Cape Verde, Fortunate and Azores to the east. The Danckerts were a multigenerational and prominent mapmaking family in Amsterdam. This is plate 1 from an atlas, depicting the western hemisphere with elaborate detail for the times. Much of the southeastern USA is then labelled as Florida, with the Mare Virginicum and Canadium notations present. This uncommon and handsome image (map #2, vol. II of Koeman's 1st edition "Atlantes Neerlandici"), with minimal browning, measures 19x23 inches (49x58cm). .