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De Landvoogdy der Moluccos, met de aangrenzende Eylanden [The Government of the Molukkas with Adjacent Islands] [inset: Celebes and neighbouring islands]

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Author: Valentijn, François

Publisher: Johann van Braam and Gerard onder de Linden in Dordrecht and Amsterdam.

Year: 1724

Size: 45.5 x 57.5 cm, inset: 20.4 x 38.9 cm

Reference: not in Quirino; Cordier (Indosinica) 927 - 930, (Japonica) 426 - 428; Landwehr VOC 467; Mendelssohn II 535

Description

hand-coloured copper engraving.

A very curious map with a strange depiction of Mindanao as 3 islands including the imaginary St. John Island. Apparently closely copied from an earlier manuscript by the famous VOC cartographer, Johannes Vingboons (1650 – 70). From ‘Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien’. This map centres on the Dutch Spice Islands and their importance. It shows rhumb lines and a compass rose.

Condition

with folds as issued, creases near centrefold, old glued backing of centrefold shining through, stains in upper margins not affecting plate.

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