Jacob Jansz. Kaaskamer (1632 - )

Field(s) of interest: Navigating instruments
Gender: male

~1632


Biography:
Jacob Kaaskamer was a cross-staff maker on the Stroomarkt in Amsterdam, in 1659. A cross-staff by him dated 1666 is preserved. Perhaps Jacob is identical with cross-staff maker Jacob Jansz.

Collection: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.

Occupations:
Instrument maker: ~1666 (Amsterdam)

Sources:
Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. 'The cross-staff ten years later: an update with recently found examples', in: Bulletin of Scientific Instrument Society 80 (2004).

Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. The cross-staff: history and development of a navigational instrument. (Amsterdam 1994).