Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Very Good
Date Acquired: 29/4/2014
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 in Dutch, D'eerste boeck: Historie van Indien, waer inne verhaelt is de avontueren die de Hollandtsche schepen bejegent zijn Latin, and French, Historie van Indien, the journal by Willem Lodewijcksz., a Dutch naval officer on the voyage. This is the Lain edition. The map on the titlepage bears the title Typus expeditionis nauticae Battavorum in Iavan, absolutae 1597."
First published: Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598
Image Size (cm): 27×22
Mapmaker: Lodewijcksz, Willem
Notes: Yes
Price: 100,000
Primary Category: Book/Atlas
Purchase Reference: 2014015
Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market
References: Günter Schilder, Monumenta cartographica Neerlandica, vol. 7 (Alphen aan den Rijn: Canaletto, 2003), 258, and ill. 11.51.
Sheet size (cm): 33×25
Technique: Book
This state: 1598, Latin edition
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