Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: Yes
Date Acquired: 22/4/2018
Description: Pieter van der Aa was a publisher, bookseller, and engraver based in Leiden in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He was not a mapmaker in the technical sense, but he produced many maps and views by adapting earlier French and Dutch sources for large multi-volume atlases such as Le Nouveau Théâtre du Monde (1713) and La Galerie Agréable du Monde (1729).nThis harbour chart depicts the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, one of the most important sea passages linking the Indian Ocean with the Java Sea and the western approach to Batavia for ships of the Dutch East India Company.nThe composition functions as a working sea chart. Coastlines are clearly defined, inland detail is minimal, and depth soundings are distributed across the strait to guide navigation. The island group in mid-channel including Crakatou and neighbouring islets such as Lange eyl. and Seboesse is prominently marked as a navigational reference point within the narrowest part of the passage. A compass rose and scale in Dutch miles reinforce the charts practical purpose.nThe phrase nouvellement dessiné sur les lieux (newly drawn on site) suggests that the chart was based on direct observation or survey, underscoring the charts emphasis on channels, hazards, and safe passage through this strategically important strait.
First published: Nouvel Atlas, Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1714.
Mapmaker: Aa, Pierre [Pieter] van (1659-1733)
Price: 500
Primary Category: Southeast Asia
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: La Galerie Agréable du Monde: Tome premier dAsie, Leiden: Pieter van der Aa [c. 1725-1729]
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