The spice race: before 1700
Maps and prints of the East Indies printed before 1700. Every one a period original.
74 sheets
Maps and Sea Charts · Moluccas
Antique Blaeu Maps, Indonesia & Moluccas, VOC Era, c.1642
1642 · 59 × 50 cm$10,970
Maps and Sea Charts
Antique Blaeu Map of Asia, Arabia Felix and the East Indies, 1642
1642$8,395
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Rare 1681 Map of Batavia: Detailed Dutch Colonial Era Cartography, 1681
1681 · 62 × 53.5 cm$6,605
Maps and Sea Charts
Antique Ortelius Map of Asia Featuring Japan, China, Taiwan & East Indies, 1587
1587 · 49 × 35 cm$5,540
Maps and Sea Charts · New Guinea
Original Blaeu Map of Southeast Asia from India to Tibet and Japan to New Guinea
1635 · 60 × 49.5 cm$3,920
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Map of the Island Java, Indonesia, c.1650
1650 · 54 × 61.5 cm$3,640
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Map of Java by Janssonius, circa 1650
1650 · 62 × 51.5 cm$3,300
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Map of Java and Part of Borneo, Indonesia, c.1657
1657 · 49.5 × 58 cm$3,080
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Map of Java in The Dutch East Indies, Now Indonesia, c.1690
1690 · 46 × 55 cm$3,080
Maps and Sea Charts
Old Antique Map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia, ca.1644
1644 · 60 × 50 cm$2,965
Maps and Sea Charts · New Guinea
Map of Southeast Asia, Extending from India to Tibet & Japan to New Guinea, 1640
1640 · 60 × 50.5 cm$2,965
Maps and Sea Charts
Antique Map of Asia and the East Indies and Korea as a Peninsula, ca.1660
1660 · 61 × 50 cm$2,800
Maps and Sea Charts
Original Antique Hand-Colored Map of The East Indies and Southeast Asia, c.1644
1644 · 59 × 50 cm$2,800
Maps and Sea Charts
Original Antique Map of the East Indies (Indonesia) by Janssonius, c.1644
1644 · 59.5 × 47 cm$2,800
Maps and Sea Charts
Original Antique Map of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, c.1690
1690 · 70 × 49.5 cm$2,520
Towns and Landscapes
De Bry’s India and East Indies, Cockfights, Sacred Trees & Exotic Animals, 1598
1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm$2,225
Maps and Sea Charts
Antique Map of Southeast Asia 'India, Indonesia' by N. Visscher, circa 1670
1670 · 63.6 × 52.7 cm$2,185
Maps and Sea Charts · Sumatra
Renaissance Mapping of Sumatra: Featuring Singapore in Münster’s Woodcut, c.1590
1590 · 41.5 × 34 cm$1,625
Flora and Fauna
De Bry Botanical Engravings, Pineapple, Mango & Pepper Plants, c.1598
1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm$1,610
Maps and Sea Charts · Moluccas
Antique Map of the Spice Islands 'Moluccas', Indonesia by W. Blaeu, circa 1640
1640 · 58.5 × 50 cm$1,565
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Map of Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, ca.1669
1669 · 37.5 × 32.2 cm$1,510
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Plan of the Castle & City of Batavia 'Jakarta' on Java, Indonesia, c1669
1669 · 44.5 × 39 cm$1,400
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Map of Batavia 'Jakarta', Indonesia by Montanus, circa 1669
1669 · 44.5 × 39 cm$1,400
Maps and Sea Charts · Moluccas
Antique Map of the Maluku Islands by Blaeu, c.1640
1640 · 57.5 × 29 cm$1,310
Maps and Sea Charts · Moluccas
Decorative Map of the Spice Islands in the Mollucas, Indonesia, ca.1640
1640 · 56.5 × 47 cm$1,285
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Old Map of Ancient Times covering Egypt Towards Arabia and India to Java, c.1660
1660 · 57 × 49.5 cm$1,230
The Company
Antique Print of a Fleet of Nine Ships Departing to the East Indies '1603'
1603 · 34.5 × 22 cm$1,120
Maps and Sea Charts
Rare Map of Six Coast Views and Anchorages of Sierra Leone and Indonesia, 1660
1660 · 54 × 35.5 cm$1,005
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
1728 Map of Batavia Castle & City, Java, Van der Aa after 1669
1728 · 46.5 × 36.6 cm$985
Maps and Sea Charts · Sumatra
1616 Bertius Map of Sumatra, Singapore and the Straits of Malacca
1616 · 19 × 12 cm$940
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Rare Small Map of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Macassar, Madura, Bali, 1614
1614 · 24 × 18 cm$840
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Small Map of Bantam with Dutch Ships and an Engraving of Portugese, 1614
1614 · 24 × 18 cm$840
Maps and Sea Charts · Moluccas
Beautiful Antique Map of the Moluccas or Spice Islands, Indonesia, ca.1650
1650 · 57.5 × 53 cm$830
Maps and Sea Charts · Moluccas
Antique Map of the Moluccas by Porcacchi, circa 1620
1620 · 27 × 37 cm$805
Maps and Sea Charts
1692 Jacq. Peeters Map: East Indies, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines and Singapore
1692 · 16.51 × 13.97 cm$740
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Rare 17th Century Map of Batavia and Castle on Java by Isaac de l'Obel
circa 1681 · 36 × 27.1 cm$740
Maps and Sea Charts · New Guinea
Antique Miniature Map of New Guinea by Bertius, '1618'
1618 · 20 × 12.5 cm$730
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Miniature Map of Java by Bertius '1618'
1618 · 20 × 12.5 cm$730
Maps and Sea Charts · Sumatra
1621 Ptolemy & Magini Map of Taprobana (Sumatra) with Elephant Inset
1621 · 19 × 28 cm$695
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Antique Miniature Map of Java by Bertius/Hondius '1618'
1618 · 18 × 12.5 cm$615
The Company · Java
Engraving of Dutch Attacking the Portuguese Fleet off Bantam, Indonesia, 1644
1644 · 37 × 31 cm$615
Peoples and Costume · Java
The Cockfight of Java: A 1601 de Bry Engraving of Cultural Pastimes
1601 · 20 × 30 cm$615
Flora and Fauna
Rare Creatures of the East: A 1601 de Bry Copper Engraving from the Indies
1601 · 20 × 30 cm$615
Flora and Fauna
Verdant Wonders: Exotic Trees and Spices of India in De Bry's 1601 Illustration
1601 · 20 × 30 cm$615
Maps and Sea Charts · New Guinea
Rare Original Miniature Map of Papua New Guinea and the Salomon Islands, 1600
1600 · 18 × 12 cm$605
Maps and Sea Charts · New Guinea
1601 Miniature Map of Southeast Asia & Nova Guinea by Ortelius, Vrients Edition
1601 · 15.5 × 12 cm$605
Maps and Sea Charts · Java
Rare 16th Century Original Handcolored Miniature Map of Java, Indonesia, 1616
1616 · 19 × 12.5 cm$550
Flora and Fauna
Exotic Flora of the Indies: The Cajus and Jambos Trees Copper Engraved in 1601
1601 · 20 × 30 cm$550
The spice race: Before 1700
The first Dutch fleet reached Bantam in 1596, the VOC was founded in 1602 and Batavia in 1619. The prints of this age come from the books of the voyages, De Bry's India Orientalis, and the great Amsterdam atlases of Blaeu and Janssonius, whose maps of the Moluccas and Java set the image of the archipelago.
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