Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: 27/09/2024
Date Acquired: 26/6/2000
Dealers ID No.: M223 (STK 815.01)
Description: François Valentijn was a Dutch missionary and scholar who spent much of his life in the service of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.). In 1685, he was sent to Ambon as a minister to the East Indies, where he remained for a decade. After returning to the Netherlands for about ten years, Valentijn went back to the Indies in 1705. The following year, he served as Army Chaplain on an expedition to eastern Java but faced health problems that compelled him to request a return to the Netherlands.nUpon returning to his hometown of Dordrecht, Valentijn completed his monumental work, Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies). Published between 1724 and 1726 in five parts across eight volumes, this massive work drew on Valentijns journals, correspondence, and research, as well as previously unpublished material obtained from V.O.C. officials. It featured over a thousand illustrations, including some of the most accurate maps of the region at the time. Among these is this map tracing Abel Tasmans first voyage of 16421643.nThe map shows Tasmans route, illustrated with a dotted line, proceeding counterclockwise from Mauritius in a wide arc around Australia. It depicts the northern and western coasts of Australia and the southern coast of Van Diemens Land (modern Tasmania). Notably, New Guinea is shown as connected to Australia via Carpentaria, while the relationship between Van Diemens Land and the mainland is left ambiguous, reflecting the incomplete geographical knowledge of the time. Although the map does not show the track of Tasmans second voyage in 1644, it incorporates observations he made along Australias northern coast.nTo the east of the map is the Land van Quiri, referencing territory associated with Pedro Fernández de Quirós. Quirós had sailed with Álvaro de Mendaña on his second voyage to the Solomon Islands in 1595 and became captivated by the idea of a vast southern continent. In 1605, the Spanish Crown granted Quirós command of an expedition to find this mythical land. Although he discovered Vanuatu, it was far from the massive continent he had imagined.
First published: Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien, vervattende Een Naaukeurige en Uitvoerige Verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogendheyd In die Geweesten Amsterdam: J. van Braam & G. onder de Linden, 1726
Mapmaker: Valentyn, François (1656-1727)
Price: A11,000 plus gst
Primary Category: Southern Continent
Purchase Reference: Letter 26 June 2000 on green paper
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Tooley 1270, ill. Pl.95. Tooley 69, p.212, Tooley 47, p.288. nSchilder Australia Unveiled ill. pg 152 xxxii. nSimon Printed world III pg 54 map 143; Simon Printed world II pg 26 map 120
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1726
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