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Antique Map of Eastern Seram by Valentijn (1726)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Original fold as issued. Three tiny pinholes in print, reinforced using contemporary paper backed with acid free archival tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1726
  • Overall size: 38.9 x 31 cm.
  • Image size: 37.6 x 29.5 cm.
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.. Antique Map of Eastern Seram by Valentijn (1726)

Description: Antique map titled 'De Landvoogdy van Amboina met de elf onderhoorige Eylanden.' Detailed map of the eastern part of Seram in Indonesia, part of the Maluku islands. Map of the southern part of Seram with the city of Lonthoir. From the monumental: "Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën (..)" by François Valentyn / Valentijn, published in 1724-1726. VOC.

Artists and Engravers: The author François Valentijn (1666-1727), was a Dutch missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and traveled extensively in the VOC's lands.