Antique Map of Taiwan by Valentijn (1726)

Description: Antique map Taiwan titled 'Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores'. Rare, earliest printed map of Formosa (Taiwan). Oriented to the east, with north at the left, Valentijn's map covers the entire island was well as the nearby Pescadores, now known as the Penghu Islands, and the nautical route to Chinese coastal province of Fujian. Soundings appear around the Pescadores, along the west coast of Taiwan, and extend to the Chinese coast. This map originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën' by F. Valentijn.

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