Willem Albert Bachiene; 1712 - 1783.

Preacher, geographer, astronomer, this real renaissance man, once a theology student at the University of Utrecht, served as Chaplin (Padre) in the army. In 1764, he was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Geography at the Illustere School in Maastricht. He produced a large amount of maps and writings related to the Holy Land, the church organization in Holland, etc..
The 3-volume “Heilige geographie of aardrijkskundige beschryving van het Joodsche land, alsmede andere landen in de H. Schrift voorkomende,” is considered among his most important works. It was published in Utrecht between 1763-1768, and included a suite of 12 fine geographical maps of the Holy Land and its neighbouring lands which Bachiene made during a period of ten years, the first in as early as 1758.
A lot of his work was published after his death till 1796.

Kaart van Louisiana, en Florida

This map (8 5/16" X 12 5/8") was included in Bachiene"Atlas tot Opheldering der Hedendaagsche Historie", edited in 1785 by M Schalekamp in Amsterdam.
It is a remake (possibly using the same engraved copper plate) of Bonne map of the same area.
It is rather unusual: the coastal delineation is quite correct (specially for the Louisiana part which the French knew very well after forty five years of presence in New Orleans, founded in 1718), but the states lines are quite erratic and unlike the trademark professional precision of Bonne. On the Atlantic side, the Georgia Florida border does not follow the St Mary's River, The westernmost Florida border is not following the Iberville River. The state line between the two Carolinas is pure fantasy. Louisiane still extends deeply east of the Mississippi (French sovereignty over that area was abrogated by the first Treaty of Paris in 1763).
And finally: no mention is made of the two Floridas. Under British rule (between 1763 and 1783), Florida was partitioned into West Florida (capital city: Pensacola) and East Florida (capital city: St Augustine).
Note also the profound ignorance of the inland geography of the Florida peninsula (strange shape and location for the Okeechobee Lake), here named St Esprit, or Holy Ghost.
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