[ZEEKAART] - DE HOOGE, Romain

Nautical chart of British origin designed and etched by Romeyn de Hooghe who was at that time in the service of King William III of England. With 2 inset views of Calais and Dunkirk. From Pierre Mortier's ""Cartes marines à l'usage du Roy de la Grande Bretagne"" that was the most expensive sea-atlas published in 17th-c. Amsterdam. Contrary to Mortier's counterfeited ""Neptune François"", published jointly with H. Jaillot, this work was not based on a printed French prototype, but on ms. charts. The magnificent work was intended as a showpiece rather than as something being used by pilots at sea. Ref. Koeman IV, M. Mor 5/1.