The North River in New Netherland Joan Vinckeboons (1617–70) was
a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists
of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India
Company and for more than 30 years produced maps for use by
Dutch mercantile and military shipping. He was a business
partner of Joan Blaeu, one of the most important map and atlas
publishers of the day. Vinckeboons drew a series of 200
manuscript maps that were used in the production of atlases,
including Blaeu’s Atlas Maior. This pen-and-ink and watercolor
map ...