Catégorie : Southeast Asia

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 29/09/2024 Date Acquired: 3/10/2014 Description: This manuscript map showcases three key Banda Islands: Banda Api, known for its volcano Gunung Api (or "Burning Mountain"); Banda Neira; and Banda Lonthoir (modern-day Banda Besar). It also includes name tables and three insets depicting the smaller islands of…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 1/10/2024 Date Acquired: 26/7/2014 Description: Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer's Spieghel der zeevaert (Mariner's Mirror), published in 1584-85, marked a significant milestone in maritime navigation. This groundbreaking pilot guide, designed specifically for coastal sailing, provided seamen with detailed charts, sailing directions, and practical advice on navigating the…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 2/11/2015 Description: This map, titled in English New Map of the Islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Others up to Malacca, Drawn in Java, Where Reefs, Shoals, and Intervening Rocks Are Shown from Life, was published by Theodor de Bry in 1599…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M715 (STK 1389.01) Description: This early and rare map of Southeast Asia by Petrus Plancius is the first state of Insulae Moluccae, engraved around 1592 by Jan van Doetecum and published in Amsterdam in 1594 by Cornelis Claesz. It is among the…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: No Description: The pioneering Dutch expedition to the East Indies (1595-1597), led by Cornelis de Houtman, marked a significant moment in Dutch exploration. Upon the expedition's return to the Dutch Republic, efforts were promptly made to publish its findings. In April 1598, Cornelis Claesz. published Historie…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 18/1/2002 Dealers ID No.: M650 (STK 1168.01) Description: In 1583 Jan Huygen van Linschoten, a Dutch explorer, travelled to Goa, India where he served as secretary to João Vicente da Fonseca, the newly appointed Portuguese Archbishop. At the time, Goa was the capital…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M47 (STK 1081.01) Description: This early and incomplete map of the East Indies, titled simply India, is the first known state of Willem Jansz. Blaeus map of the region. It was published in the 1634 German-language edition of Novus Atlasa volume…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M8 Description: This richly detailed map of the East Indies and surrounding regions was first engraved by the Dutch mapmaker Hugo Allard I around 1665, and later reissued by his son Carel Allard between 1690 and 1710. It synthesises cartographic knowledge drawn…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 4/2/2002 Dealers ID No.: M244 (STK 1982.01) Description: In 1584, Jodocus Hondius I fled religious persecution in Ghent (now Belgium) and settled in London. There, he established himself as an engraver, instrument maker, and mapmaker. Three years later, he married Coletta van den…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 28/8/2017 Description: Giacomo Gastaldi was the leading Italian cartographer of the 16th century. During the mid-1500s, he created three maps of Southeast Asia. The first, this map, was published in 1548 as part of Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Italian translation of Claudius Ptolemys…