David de Meyne (c. 1569 – 1620) was a Dutch

cartographer Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...

, painter, publisher and art dealer. His early cartographic works combined maps, views and portraits.

Biography

His family name is sometimes spelled de Moyne / Meijnersen. He was born in

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

, in the region of

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around 1569. He later moved to

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, where he is attested as active from 1594 to 1620, and was reported as living on Nieuw Rockin in 1594. He became a citizen of Amsterdam on 6 August 1596. On 12 November 1594 he married Janneken Laurens (1577 – 1618) in Amsterdam. On 6 June 1611, one of his children was buried at Nieuwe kerk. After her death, in 1618, he became engaged to Soetje Cornelis, whom he married on 18 August 1618 in Amsterdam. In 1610 he completed ''Universi Orbis Tabula De-Integro Delineata'', a world map of large size with inset portraits of

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, and

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, the world's circumnavigators. The painting ''View of Ambon'' (

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: ''Gezicht op Ambon''), dating from 1617, has been traditionally attributed to De Meyne. It was commissioned by the ''Heeren XVII'', the board of directors of the

Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...

, and hung in the East India House in Amsterdam. The painting is a homage to Frederik de Houtman, the first governor of the island, and summarizes the latter's topography and interests of the VOC in the island, namely

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. The harbors and cities in VOC maps like this, infrastructures that supported the Dutch merchants's trade, were depicted as disproportionately large.

Gallery

File:Glickman10.1Fig11(a) 01.jpg, ''Universi Orbis Tabula De-Integro Delineata'', 1610,

Maritime Museum A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the militar ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

File:GlickmanFig1.jpg, ''View of Ambon'', c. 1617,

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

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