MAURITIUS.
Historical map of island of Mauritius by Johannes van Keulen, c. 1700.
Third stamp in a set of 20, issued on 12.03.1978.
Face value: 20 cents.
Printed: Offset and lithography.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 438I.
- StampWorld No. 457.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 531.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 451.
Johannes van Keulen (Deventer, 1654 - Amsterdam, 1715) was a Dutch cartographer. Established in Amsterdam, in 1680 he obtained a patent (protection against illegal copying) from the States of Holland and West Frisia that allowed him to print and publish books of maps and descriptions of itineraries, among which are a Zee-Atlas and the pilot guide Zee-Fakkel, used by helmsmen for safe navigation. Beginning in 1681, the Nieuwe Lichtende Zee-Fakkel, a five-volume illustrated atlas, appeared.
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