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Maps and Sea Charts
Old Map of the East Indonesian Islands Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea, Bali, 1792
Celebes is now Sulawesi. Borneo is now Kalimantan. New Guinea is now Papua.
€1,250
$1,400 · £1,045
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1792
- Sheet size
- 21.7 × 25.4 in (55 × 64.5 cm)
- Condition
- Good
- Island
- Borneo, Celebes, Lesser Sunda, New Guinea
- Place names
- Celebes is now Sulawesi; Borneo is now Kalimantan; New Guinea is now Papua
- Collection
- Maps and Sea Charts
- Period
- The Company, 1700 to 1799
- Stock no.
- f_26680152
- Color
- Hand colored
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Antique map titled 'Partie de la Nouvelle Grande Carte des Indes Orientales, contenant les Isles de Borneo, Iava, Celebes, Mindanao (..)'.
Detailed map of the Indonesian islands Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea and New Britain, as well as part of Java (Indonesia). Some of the smaller islands include Bali, Lombok, Timor and Madura. Three inset maps in the lower edge depict Pulau Sumbawa, the Solor Islands Adonara (here Serbira) and Solor, and Pulau Muna (here Pangesane) and Bouton. One of the four sheets of Elwe's map of South East Asia, based on Jaillot's work, ca. 100 years ealier. Published in Amsterdam.
Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: Jan Barend Elwe. Jan Barend Elwe (1774-1815), an Amsterdam bookseller.
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