Nova tabula india orientalis

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 from prominent Dutch predecessors, incorporating geographical elements from Hendrik Doncker(1664, View Record (#23)) and Pieter Goos (1666), while also reflecting the influence of Dutch maritime exploration and trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.nA key feature of the map is its advanced depiction of New Guinea and northern Australia. Allard portrays New Guinea as a narrow island with an open western coastlinedeparting from earlier cartographic conventions that joined it to Australia. Although Luis Váez de Torres had sailed through the strait between these landmasses in 1606, Spanish suppression of his reports led many European mapmakers to connect the two for over a century. Allard notably breaks with this trend, identifying the region as Terra dos Papous a Jacobo le Maire dict[a] Na[ova] Guinea ("Land of the Papuans, named New Guinea by Jacob Le Maire").nThis designation acknowledges the 16151617 voyage of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten, who pioneered a new route to the Pacific via Cape Horn. Their contributions to the mapping of the Pacific are complemented here by the coastal discoveries of other Dutch explorers instrumental in shaping early knowledge of Australia, including:n'' Dirk Hartog (1616):'' First known European to land on Australias west coast, naming it t Landt van Eendracht.n'' Frederick de Houtman (1619):'' Conducted surveys along the west coast.n'' The Leeuwin (1622):'' Dutch vessel whose name was given to the southwestern cape of Australia, now known as Cape Leeuwin.n'' Jan Carstenszoon and Willem Joosten van Colster (1623):'' Explored northern Australia, including Cape York and Arnhem Land.n'' Pieter Nuyts (1627):'' Mapped southern coasts aboard the 't Gulden Zeepaert (Golden Seahorse).n ''Gerrit Frederikszoon de Witt (1628):'' His discoveries contributed to to the naming of G.F. de Wits Land.n ''Abel Tasman (1644): '' Mapped Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), parts of New Zealand, and Northern Australia, which is labelled Hollandia Nova: detecta Ao 1644 (New Holland: discovered in the year 1644).nOther notable inclusions are the shoal sighted by the Tortelduyf in 1624, and the location of the Trial shipwreck of 1622the first recorded European shipwreck on the Australian coast. Commanded by Captain John Brookes of the English East India Company, the Trial wrecked near the Montebello Islands, with some survivors eventually reaching Batavia (now Jakarta).nThe map is embellished with a highly decorative cartouche at the bottom, offering a European vision of the East. It features an ostrich hunt, a caparisoned elephant with mahout beneath a parasol, a camel led by a turbaned attendant, and scenes of mercantile exchange, complete with bales of goods and negotiating tradersemphasising the regions exoticism and commercial importance.

First published: Separate publication. Amsterdam: Hugo Allard I, c. 1665

Mapmaker: Allard I, Hugo (ca. 1625-1691)

Notes: Purchase details

Other states: Reissued by Carel Allard between 1690 and 1710

Primary Category: Southeast Asia

Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market

References: Simon Dewez, The Printed World II (Sydney: Gowrie Galleries, 1997), 24, map 112.nDavid Parry, The Cartography of the East Indian Islands: Insulae Indiae Orientalis, 12628. nR. V. Tooley, The Mapping of Australia and Antarctica, 2nd ed. (London: Holland Press, 1985), 7 and 2078.

Technique: Copper Engraving

This state: 1665