Suriname & the Dutch Antilles – Colonial Atlas Map by W.J. Thieme, c.1905
€ 240
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1905
Sheet size
33.8 × 46.1 cm (13.3 × 18.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14293-2
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.
Condition
Overall in good antique condition with age-related toning and minor handling wear consistent with early 20th-century atlas maps. Original fold lines as issued. Some light foxing and marginal wear visible. Original outline coloring remains attractive.
About this sheet
Suriname and the Dutch possessions in the Caribbean, a colored atlas map published around 1905 by W.J. Thieme and Company of Zutphen, numbered "Nr. 21" at the upper right. It is an original chromolithograph map lettered in Dutch.
The large map at the right shows "Suriname" in orange, with its rivers, mountain ranges, districts and settlements named across the colony, and the neighboring British Guiana at the left and French Guiana at the right in pale tints. Three insets fill the left side. At the top is a map titled "Ligging der Ned.Koloniën in Amerika" ("Position of the Dutch Colonies in America"), showing the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America with the Dutch territories in orange. Below are two maps of the islands: "De Curaçaosche Eilanden" and "De Ned. Antillen bovenwindsche", the Windward Islands. A small map at the upper center, "Nederland en Suriname", compares the colony with the area of the Netherlands.
The sheet was made for Dutch atlases and school use in the years when Suriname and the Antilles were Dutch colonies.
