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An Accurate Map of the Islands and Channels between China and New Holland

Highly detailed map of Southeast Asia, covering the region between Formosa and Hainan islands in the North and Australia in the South.

Price: $ 295.00

La baye de Isle et Cite de Borneo . . .

The map, engraved by master engraver Baptista Van Deutecum, shows a detailed view of Van Noort's ship in the large bay of Brunei. Van Noort relied upon Chinese pilots which he had employed to serve as ambassadors to the Sultan, who had to be persuaded that the Dutch were not the hated Spanish. The map depicts local boats clustered around Van Noort's vessel, which is a reference to the roughly 100 native proas which surrounded the ship when it attempted to set anchor on January 1, 1601. Van Noort's account of the Island follows after Pigafetta's account, and is one of the earliest European accounts of this important island in the region.

Price: $ 475.00

A New Chart of The Java Sea, within the Isles of Sunda with its Straits and the Adjacent Seas . . . 1799

A New Chart of The Java Sea, within the Isles of Sunda with its Straits and the Adjacent Seas, produced by Robert Laurie & James Whittle in 1799, illustrates the region extending from the southern part of Borneo, Sumatra and Pulau Bangka to Java, Bali, and the islands to the east. This detailed sea chart exemplifies the high navigational precision characteristic of Laurie & Whittle's charts, and represents an essential navigational tool for mariners navigating these waters at the end of the 18th century.

Price: $ 1,400.00

(Spice Islands) Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae

Fine hand-colored example of Blaeu's important and highly decorative map of the Spice Islands.

Price: $ 475.00

Ternate

Decorative view of Ternate in the Bacan islands (eastern Indonesia). The map is attractively laid out, with a large central volcano spewing smoke that occupies the center of the view. Numerous tall ships sail around the foreground, and a long pier juts out into the Sea of Molucca. A large community (the Portuguese Fortress Oranje) is at the center of the town, and pine trees climb up the sides of the volcano. An index at the bottom of the map denotes six places of interest.

Price: $ 295.00

[Jakarta] Batavia in 't verschiet

Fine early view of Batavia (Jakarta), published by Francois Valentijn's for his history of the Dutch East India Company.

Price: $ 575.00