The Map Colorist: A Novel

Anneke van Brug is a colorist who creates maps of her own, but family secrets, infidelity, and murder endanger her dream of having her map included in the Atlas Maior.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 19 September 2023
Publisher: She Writes Press

In 1660, Amsterdam was the trading and map-printing capital of the world, and Anneke van Brug was one of the colorists paid to enhance black-and-white maps for a growing number of collectors. Her artistic talent brought her to the attention of the Blaeu printing house, and she began to color for a rich merchant, Willem de Groot. However, Anneke was not content to simply embellish the work of others; she longed to create maps of her own. Cartography, however, was the domain of men, so she borrowed the notes her father made on a trip to Africa in 1642 and set about designing a new map. Anneke hoped to convince the charismatic de Groot to use his influence to persuade Blaeu to include her map in the Atlas Maior, which would be the largest and most expensive publication of the century. But family secrets, infidelity, and murder endangered her dream. Would her map withstand these threats, or would it be forever lost?

Weight: 428g
Dimension: 140 x 217 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647425470