Dutch Fool’s Map Date of Publication_c.1692 Tracks of various major navigators

Tracks of various major navigators are shown

engraved by F

At the time the map was made

52 x 68 cm

The text appears to have been supplied by the theologian

Dutch Fool’s Map Date of Publication_c.1692 Tracks of various major navigatorsAfbeeldinge vant zeer vermaarde Eiland Geks Kop This Dutch fools cap map satirises the bursting of the financial bubbles of 1720. Cartographic features are given punning names such as the River Bubble, the Island of Despair and the town of Madmandam, but the real Rivers Thames, Seine and Meuse are also marked, drawing attention to the scenes of the greatest folly. In Britain, the South Sea Company folded, wiping out innumerable fortunes after a period