Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Keulen, Gerard van
Title:
Afteekening van Solomons Eylande of Isles de Salomon, geleegen inde Zuid Zee, tussen 5 en 12 gr. Zuyder Brete.
Published / Created:
Te Amsterdam : by G. Van Keulen 1724.
Physical Description:
1 map : manuscript, color ; 52 x 63 cm, on sheet 54 x 68 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2023 47
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:2,600,000 -- (E 157°00ʹ00ʺ--E 164°00ʹ00ʺ/S 5°00ʹ00ʺ--S 12°00ʹ00ʺ)
Notes:
With a bar scale of 80 Duijtsche Mijlen.

Title, place of production, and maker from cartouche, in manuscript.

Drawn in pen and black ink, with watercolor.

Bound as map 25 in volume 5 of: Vooght, Claes Janszoon. Le nouveau & grand illuminant flambeau de la mer, de tout le monde. Amsteldam: Gerard van Keulen ..., 1736 [v. 5 is dated 1724] (Yale Center for British Art, Folio A 2023 47).

Van Keulen cartography, Amsterdam 1680-1885, 612

Manuscript nautical chart giving an approximate depiction of the Solomon Islands, including Guadalcanal and Isabel, on a printed system of compass lines. With latitude gradation.
Subject Terms:
Coasts -- Solomon Islands. | Solomon Islands. | Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Form/Genre:
Nautical charts. | Manuscript maps.