Beschreibung:

Peter Kolbe [Balthazar Lakeman]
Caarte van de Kaap de Goede Hoop
leggende in't Zuyder Gedeelte van Africa
Published: B Lakeman, Amsterdam, 1727
This 1727 map is seldom available in the market. It is from Peter Kolbe's influential book on the Cape of Good Hope. The Dutch edition of the book (Naaukeurige en Uitvoerige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop) was widely read. According to Theal (Catalogue of South African Books and Pamphlets, Maskew Miller, 1912), Kolbe's book was the basis of "everything written on the region for 50 years thereafter". Lakeman's Dutch translations of Kolbe's German book on the Cape included this map of the Cape of Good Hope. It was a new engraving, but closely derived and insignificantly different from Valentijn’s main map of the Cape: Nieuwe Kaart van Caap der Goede Hoop in hare rechte jegenwoording staat. An inset map in the top right-hand corner of Valentijn’s map was replaced inelegantly by Lakeman with the ill-fitting, square title cartouche; Lakeman's distance scale at the bottom of his map filled some of the space occupied by the title cartouche on Valentijn's map. Although the map was derived from Valentyn's map, numerous, widely published and popular derivative maps attributed the origin to Kolbe/Lakeman's map. This map is printed on firm paper and is in fine condition. References: The map is not in Norwich's Maps of Africa, nor in Tooley's Collectors Guide to Maps of Africa. Roger Stewart. Peter Kolbe’s Maps of the Cape of Good Hope. Maps in History; January 2019, 63, 16-22. Overall Condition: Fine Size: 38cm x 30cm