The firm of Van Keulen was founded around 1678 by Johannes van Keulen (1654-1715) and in 1680 he published the ‘Zee Atlas’. The multi volume ‘Zee Fakkel’ followed soon after. On his 50th birthday he left the management of the firm to his talented son Gerard (1678-1726). One of a handful of charts with similar title covering the Aegean Sea, this one is with the plate number ‘XIII’. It is dominated by the island of Crete in the south. To the north are the cities of Athens and Corinth. The island of Chios is depicted upper right. The islands of Santorini, Milo, Nio and Patmos are all shown in the Aegean Sea. This example is from the third part of ‘De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel’ dated 1724 which covered the Mediterranean Sea. De Vries, Schilder etc. ‘The Van Keulen Cartography Amsterdam 1680-1885’, pp. 44 & 202-5; Koeman IV p. 371 no. 111; Koeman ‘The Sea on Paper’ p. 37-8 no. 14; Zacharakis, C. #1173.