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Italian and Swiss Alps by Nicolaas van Geelkercken. c. 1610-1650

This extremely rare map shows troop movements across the Alps.
The map was included in a very rare Janssonius atlas, 1632. At this location, Van der Krogt describes another map by Van Geelkercken: Alpinae seu Foederatae Rhaetiae.


Nicolaes van Geelkercken (c.1585-1656)

Cartographer, engraver and surveyor of Amsterdam and Friesland (1614-1616), Leiden (1616-1628) and Arnhem (1628-1656).

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Rhaetiae & Veltolinae des.

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Category:  Antique maps > Europe > Italy

Italian and Swiss Alps by Nicolaas van Geelkercken.

Title: Rhaetiae & Veltolinae des.
Nicol. Geelkerck exc.

With an inset map: Helvetia, Venetia et Mediolanum.

Date: c. 1610-1650.

Copper engraving, printed on heavy paper.
Image size: 385 x 540mm (15.16 x 21.26 inches).
Sheet size: 510 x 685mm (20.08 x 26.97 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline; excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.

Separate publication - from a French Composite Atlas, c. 1610-1650.

Side margins extended, with an old French handwritten explanatory text in the side margins.

This extremely rare map shows troop movements across the Alps.
The map was included in a very rare Janssonius atlas, 1632. At this location, Van der Krogt describes another map by Van Geelkercken: Alpinae seu Foederatae Rhaetiae.


Nicolaes van Geelkercken (c.1585-1656)

Cartographer, engraver and surveyor of Amsterdam and Friesland (1614-1616), Leiden (1616-1628) and Arnhem (1628-1656).

References: Blumer (Schweiz) - Not recorded; Sceffer (Rezia, 2006) - #30