Which map is the classic map of the Spice Islands?

Blaeu's Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae of about 1640, which shows the five clove islands in a row with ships and a decorative cartouche.

A map made for navigation, with soundings, anchorages, coastlines and compass lines, rather than the land. The French charts of the Neptune Oriental are among the best of the 18th century.

Collection

Maps and Sea Charts

Maps and charts of the archipelago from Münster's woodcut of Sumatra of about 1590 to the Dornseiffen atlas of 1884: Blaeu and Janssonius, Valentijn's island maps of 1726, Bellin and Mannevillette for the French navy, and the town plans of Batavia.

53 sheets

By islandJava 89 Sumatra 53 Borneo 28 Celebes 29 Moluccas 64 Lesser Sunda 17 New Guinea 15

By periodThe spice race 46 The Company 139 Raffles to the Cultivation System 31 Netherlands Indies 70

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