Pieter Bast

Pieter Bast (ca 1550 – 17 March 1605) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver and draftsman.
Bast was born in Antwerp, and was the child of Josyntje Plantin, who was part of the famous printer Plantin family. On 31 August 1601 he married Aryaentje Geryt Schaecken in Leiden. The following year he bought a house next to the Latin School.
Pieter Bast engraved maps and cityscapes of Dutch cities. He worked on a map of Emden. He also worked as a... more