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Batavia assiegé en 1629 = Batavia A.o 1629 belegerd
c.1772-1780
Indonesia
This unusual map of Batavia in the late 18th century shows the port city as seen when approaching from the sea. The castle is depicted prominently as a three-dimensional drawing, with the rest of the city behind more flat like a plan.
Isles de Banda = Eylanden van Banda
c.1772-1780
Indonesia
Map of the Banda Islands—which was at this time the only source of nutmeg in the world—featuring mountains, plantations, settlements and a military fort. On the island of Goenong Api (Banda Api) a volcano erupts (‘api’ means ‘fire’ in Indonesian).
Nieuwe en zeer naaukeurige kaart van t eyland Java Major of Groot Java: verdeeld in seven byzondere bestekken
1728
Indonesia
On this beautifully illustrated and coloured map of Java, mountains, trees, fields of crops and settlements are shown pictorially. The coasts are marked with shoals, reefs, bathymetry (sea depth, in figures) and anchor points.
De landvoogdy van Amboina met de elf onderhoorige eylanden
1726
Indonesia
Although mainly a navigation map—with a rhumbline network and elevations of mountains—there are also many terrestrial details shown, such as settlements and mountains. The inset map of Hoeamohel details plantations and the cultivation of nut crops.
Carte de l'ile de Java: partie occidentale, partie orientale, dressée tout nouvellement sur les mémoires les plus exacts
1720
Indonesia
The mountains and forests of early 18th century Java are beautifully illustrated here by the Dutch cartographer Henry Abraham Chatelain (1648-1743). Details include cities, fields of crops, animals and people. An inset map shows the port of Batavia.
Carte de l'ile de Java: partie occidentale, partie orientale, dressée tout nouvellement sur les mémoires les plus exacts
1719
Indonesia
The mountains and forests of early 18th century Java are beautifully illustrated here by the Dutch cartographer Henry Abraham Chatelain (1648-1743). Details include cities, fields of crops, animals and people. An inset map shows the port of Batavia.
Les Îles Moluques, tres exactement representées selon les plus nouvelles Observations des meilleurs Geographes
c.1714-1729
Indonesia
A map of a small island chain off the west coast of the island of Gilola (modern Halmahera in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia). The military forts on the islands were used by the European colonial powers during conflicts over the area’s spice trade.
- Java10
- Borneo9
- Sumatra9
- Maluku Islands8
- East Indies6
- Pegu6
- India Orientalis5
- Luconia5
- Luzon5
- Malacca5
- Sulawesi5
- Batavia4
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- [remove]Crops24
- Plantation/Forestry Area20
- Mining8
- Domesticated Animals6
- [remove]Jungle/Wooded Area24
- Mountain/Volcano22
- Wild Animals11
- Wetlands3
- Bellin, Jacques Nicolas3
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon3
- Hondius, Jodocus3
- Jansson, Jan3
- Prévost, Abbé3
- Valentyn, François3
- Bry, Theodor de2
- Chatelain, Henri Abraham2
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- Gerard onder de Linden3
- Johannes van Braam2
- Pieter van der Aa2
- Cornelis Claesz1
- E. van Harrevelt & D.J. Changuion1
- Edward Stanford1
- Ioannes Ianßonius1
- Jacques Desbordes1
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