[Spain]. [Nautical map]. VAN KEULEN (Johannes), ed. Pascaert - Lot 135

[Spain]. [Nautical map]. VAN KEULEN (Johannes), ed. Pascaert van de kust van Biscaia beginnende van Castro tot Luarca, met al diepten en drooghten t Amsterdam, by J. Van Keulen, [18th c]. 1 copper-engraved map, approx. 50 x 58 cm, colored (qty. small holes, 4 restored, 2 small marg. tears restored). Nautical map showing the coast of Cantabria and Asturias, from Castro-Urdiales to Luarca, oriented north to bottom. Highly decorative, it is adorned with a title cartouche showing the gathering and trading of fruit (chestnuts?), and a scale cartouche surmounted by an allegorical female figure holding an anchor and a parrot. Map no. 24 from Van Keulen's atlas, De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel, which first appeared in 1680 and was the subject of numerous editions until 1753.