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[Java Minor and map of Necumera, Locaz, Patera, Botegon, Mangama]
1547
Thailand, Indonesia
Taken from Benedetto Bordone's ‘Isolario [The Book of Islands]’, these pages contain two maps: one of Sumatra (‘Iaua Minore’), and one of a group of five unknown islands (Locaz is thought to possibly be Thailand).
Sumatra ein grosse Insel: so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennet worden
c.1588-1628
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
A map of Sumatra featuring villages, mountains and rivers; text describing the island; and a drawing of a man riding an elephant. The title uses the name ‘Taprobana’ for Sumatra, stating it was a name used by ‘ancient geographers [alten geographen]’.
Sumatra ein grosse Insel: so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennet worden
c.1588-1628
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
A map of Sumatra featuring villages, mountains and rivers; text describing the island; and a drawing of a man riding an elephant. The title uses the name ‘Taprobana’ for Sumatra, stating it was a name used by ‘ancient geographers [alten geographen]’.
Amboina ad viumu descripta quo tempore Admiarallus Wibrandus Warwicensis cum quatuor nauibus ante eam in achoris staret a 1599 mese martio
1614
Indonesia
The Latin title of this map refers to an Admiral Wibrand of Warwick, who visited the island of Amboina (Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands) in March 1599.
[View of the island of Ternate with the town Gamme Lamme]
1614
Indonesia
Two drawings and text from ‘Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia’ by Johannes Pontanus: the port and town of Gamme Lamme on the island of Ternate, with local and European vessels; and a naval battle between Dutch and Portuguese ships.
A mapp of Batavia with all itts forts
1704
Indonesia
This early 18th century map of Batavia (Jakarta) shows an important port city, with military forts, a long pier, and many ships at sea. However, the map also shows a city surrounded by fields and plantations, for producing crops and grazing animals.
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