SELLER John
John Seller (c.1630-1697) was an instrument maker, publisher and mapmaker, now best known as the first Englishman to endeavour to compete with the Dutch in the production and publication of sea-charts.
Seller acquired the printing plates from Jan Jansson’s “Light Der Zee-vaert”, originally engraved in 1620, substituted English titles and then re-published them. For this he was appointed Hydrographer to King Charles II in 1671 - a mark of the king’s concern that domestic chart-making be encouraged and protected, rather than as recognition of work well done.
Seller then embarked on the publication of the English Pilot, a rutter in several volumes, each devoted to a different region of the world, issued from 1671/2 onwards. In 1675, Seller started to issue the “Atlas Maritimus”, a composite sea-atlas of the world, comparable in intent with the work of Dutch publishers such as Jansson and de Wit.
Antique Maps By seller-john (1) Found
WESTERN SEA COAST OF EUROPE A CHART OF T...
| Cartographer: | SELLER John | |
| Print Date: | 1701c London | |
| Price: | £275.00 | |
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