Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Excellent
Confirmed: 2/10/2024
Date Acquired: 19/2/2017
Dealers ID No.: #49892 (M33470-84)
Description: View of Bantam in Java. nThe title describes this as a 'Map of the great pepper trade settlement Bamtam located on the island of Java, at the front the arriving Dutch ships. And what happens inside among the inhabitants as is explained by the letters of the report, anno 1597'nIt illustrates the earliest Dutch attempt to trade in the region. The view shows the trading efforts in Java attempted by the Compagnie van Verre of Amsterdam. The Compagnie was established in 1594 by nine citizens of Amsterdam, with the purpose of breaking up Portugal's monopoly on the pepper trade. It sent an expedition under the leadership of Cornelis de Houtman, with orders to break into the trade. In 1596, the ships arrived at Bantam, the most important pepper port in the western part of Java. The attempt to purchase pepper was largely unsuccessful, with the Portuguese traders in the region blocking most of the Dutch efforts to trade. While the voyage was not a success commercially, it encouraged further expeditions to the region and helped to break the Portuguese stranglehold on the region.
First published: Separate publication. Frankfurt
Image Size (cm): 30×24
Mapmaker: Keller, Georg
Price: 3,500
Primary Category: Prints & Related Material
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market
References: Suárez, Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, pg 179.nRuderman notes that the only a institutional example of this is at the Einblattdrucke Gustav Freytag Universitätsbibliothek in Frankfurt. This example was acquired in 2014 from Norbert Haas.
Sheet size (cm): 32×25.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1855
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