Pieter Bast

Pieter Bast (ca 1550 – 17 March 1605) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver and draftsman.

Pieter Bast engraved maps and cityscapes of Dutch cities.

It covered a total of four blades and is titled Amstelodamum, Hollandiae urbs primaria, emporium Totius Europae celeberrimum.

Pieter Bast made further engravings of Middelburg, Dordrecht, Leeuwarden, Franeker, Leiden, and Utrecht.

He also made engravings of historical events such as the siege and the capture of Nijmegen as part of the Dutch Revolt by Maurice, Prince of Orange on 14 October 1591, the Battle of Nieuwpoort.

Part 1 of a 4-part map of Amsterdam by Pieter Bast, 1599