From MapHist.com - Dictionary of Mapmakers

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VAN ALPHEN, Pieter
By Pierre Joppen
Jul 7, 2003, 11:46

A bookseller and publisher in Rotterdam, whose charts and maps were largely based on those of his father-in-law, Jacob Aertsz. Colom.

His Nieuwe Zee-Atlas of 1660 was an important assembly of sea charts including many of South East Asia and Australia.



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