DONCKER Hendrick, "Pertinente en Naukeurighe Paskaert Vande ARCHIPELAGUSCHE EYLANDEN Waer in vertoondt werden alle de Havens, Revieren, Baeyen, Reden Diepen en Drooghten Door Pieter Siewertz Valck. Met Prievilegie voor 15 Iaaren / T. Amsterdam by Hendrick Doncker inde Nieubrugh streegh int Stuermans Gereetschap", c.1675. Stunning and extremely rare map of the Aegean, printed in two sheets: eastern & western part, dim. ~85 x 85cm in total. The maps are oriented to the east with the eastern part including the map’s title and scale, while the western part the scale and edition info. An inset map also included on the eastern part depicting part the Sea of Marmara, the Constantinople and the entrance of Bosporus. Exceptionally decorated with four impressive cartouches, two on each sheet, framing the title, scale & miles scale and the edition info. The large title cartouche is centered on a female figure lying on a lion, surrounded by male figures from the ancient Greek & Roman tradition, also Venetians and Ottomans. Ottoman and European male figures in war & trade scenes are dominating the rest three impressive cartouches, expressing the contrasting relationships between the Ottoman Empire and Europe at the end of 17th century. Three naval battles are also depicted within the two sheets. Hendrick Doncker was a bookseller and publisher in Amsterdam, producing maps and atlases well known for their accuracy. He cooperated for several years with Pieter Goos and Anthonie Jacobsz and his stock of copper plates was eventually sold to Johannes Keulen. Comparing with other Doncker’s maps of the Aegean, the coastlines of the current map present significant differences. Similarities in the design of the coastlines and toponyms have been indicated with Van Keulen’s “Paskaerte vande Archipel en de Eylanden…” (Zacharakis 1775), the only map issued by Van Keulen including the whole Grecian Archipelagos. According to Zacharakis, the map (Zacharakis 1399) is coming from “De Nieuwe groote vermeerderde Zee”, 1675-1705. However it was not tracked in the 1680, 1689 or 1697 editions of the current work (collated with National Library of Spain & Utrecht University copies). The map title refers to Pieter Siewertz Valck, from which Doncker obtained in 1675 the rights of his work “Caert van de Archipelagische Eylanden”. At the far bottom of the map title it is also indicated “15 years of privilege”. Dimensions: 85.5 x 42cm each. Condition: Professionally restored with Japanese paper placed on verso, covering cracks over the cartouches, tears, creases & paper thins. Paper addition on lower margin. The right part of each map’s right sheet seems to be cut vertically and joined again through restoration. Extremely rare, tracked only in the “Bibliothèque nationale de France” and “National Széchenyi Library”. Zacharakis 1399.