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Maps and Sea Charts
Rare 16th Century Original Handcolored Miniature Map of Java, Indonesia, 1616
€490
$550 · £410
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- 1616
- Sheet size
- 4.9 × 7.5 in (12.5 × 19 cm)
- Condition
- Good. The image is fine and nicely colored.
- Island
- Java
- Collection
- Maps and Sea Charts
- Period
- The spice race, before 1700
- Stock no.
- f_28546452
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.
Very handsome original old colored copper engraving by Bertius of the island of Java in the early days of the Dutch colonization, at that time named The Dutch East Indies or nowadays Indonesia. The current capital Jakarta is mentioned as Iacatra. Also showing part of Sumatra, Borneo, Bali and Lombok.
Very interesting and decorative miniature map with lots of the details and names of island and places, especially in the north coast of Java.
Latin text on the reverse.
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