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Description
Striking map of Saudi Arabia, the Gulf of Adean and the part of India and Persia, prepared to illustrate the Dutch translation of the accounts of Duarte de Menezes in the region. Striking cartouche, showing an Asian style trading house.
Pieter van der Aa Biography
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.