Old Antique Map of the Sumbawa, Flores, Timor in the Banda Region of Indonesia

€ 665

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Mapmaker / artist: F. Valentijn
Sheet size: 39.5 × 53 cm (15.6 × 20.9 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-05944-31

Condition

Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning. Minor wear. Later hand coloring. Original folding lines, blank verso. Please study images carefully.

About this sheet

Original antique map titled 'Kaart der Zuyd-Wester Eylanden van Banda'. A fascinating map of the islands in the southwestern part of the Banda Sea including Sumba, Flores and Timor. Published 1724-1726 by Joannes van Braam and Gerard Onder de Linden in "Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten, benevens eene wydluftige beschryvige der Moluccos . en alle de eylanden onder dezelve landbestieringen behoorende; het Nederlands comptoir op Suratte, en de levens der Groote Mogols (.)," François Valentyn.