Jacob van Meurs
Dutch engraver of geography and travel
Jacob van Meurs was a Dutch engraver and publisher from Amsterdam. His works are in the National Gallery of Art and the National Portrait Gallery. Active from 1651 to 1680, he specialized in works of geography, travelogues, and history. He published the first version of The New and Unknown World: or Description of America and the Southland which was printed in Dutch and included 125 copper engravings.
Artworks by this artist
- Plate B： Diagrams to calculate the diameter of bullets： weight conversion chart 1650
- Plate P： Pyrotechnic shield： pyrotechnic hand weapons： fire wheels and their parts： pyrotechnic cases 1650
- Plate W： Pyrotechnic set piece of a fortified castle： triumphal statue： military pyrotechnics 1650
- Plate X： Military pyrotechnics 1650
- Plate V： Pyrotechnic set piece of Fortuna (exterior) 1650
- Plate D： Powder magazine： powder instruments： rocket molds 1650
- Plate F： Tools and techniques for choking and preparing rockets for their chargers 1650
- Plate G： Rockets mounted to sticks 1650
- Plate H： Rockets mounted without sticks： water rockets： rockets mounted to lines 1650
- Plate T： Pyrotechnic set piece of Fortuna (interior) 1650
- Plate N： Patterns for cutting military fireball bags： manners of sewing military fireball bags…. 1650
- Plate C： Diagrams of weighing principles and instruments： vessel： powder magazines 1650
- Plate E： Rocket and cracker molds： instruments for charging rocket cases： tools and techniques for choking rocket cases 1650
- Plate A： Diagrams and instruments to calculate the caliber of bullets and balls 1650
- Plate L： Fireballs shot from a mortar： crackers： military hand grenades： military mortar-fired grenades： military grenade parts and instruments 1650
- Plate R： Pyrotechnic set piece of Bacchus (interior) 1650
- Plate O： Composite fireball weapons： specialty fireballs： case shot： trundle and chain shot： pyrotechnic shields： fire weapon 1650
- Plate Q： Pyrotechnic set piece of a dragon 1650
- Plate I： Devices to hang sky rockets： fireballs that float on water 1650
- Plate K： Fireballs that float on water： bounding fireballs： mortar-fired fireballs 1650