Marre, Jan Harmenszoon de
Jan Harmenszoon de Marre (August 23, 1696 - January 19, 1763) was a Dutch navigator, writer, and VOC agent active in the 18th century. De Marre was born in Amsterdam. While he received limited schooling, he associated himself from 1708, at age 12, with the United East India Company (VOC). He spent 23 years with the VOC, rising to ship captain, and vice-admiral. When he retiruned from active voyaging, the became the Examiner of the Amsterdam Chamber of the East Indies Company. In 1744, he was instructed to help Johannes II van Keulen (1704 - 1755) compile and construct secret VOC nautical charts of the East Indies into a new sixth volume of the Zee-Fakkel, which was published in 1753 - the first-time secret VOC hydrography saw print. Although his contribution to cartography was groundbreaking, de Marre is better known as a playwright and poet, his most famous works being Eerkroon voor de Caab de Goede Hoop, Batavia, and Jacoba van Beieren. He died in Amsterdam in 1763.
First printed map to show Hong Kong in any form.
Pas-Kaart van het in en opkomen van de Rivier van Quantong aan de Zuid Kust van China strekkende van het eiland S. Joan, tot aan de Noorder Lemes, met alle tot hiertoe bekende ankerplaatzen, dieptens en droogtens.
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The rare 1753 Johannes II van Keulen / Jan de Marre nautical map of the Pearl River Delta (廣東河口海圖), including Macau (Macao), Lantao (Lantoan), Guangzhou (Quantong), and the first printed mapping of Hong Kong (Lantaon Falso). This rare map in fine original color was compiled for the sixth volume of the Zee-Fakkel - the legendary Dutch East India Company (VOC / Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) 'Secret Atlas.' (more details)