Antique Map of Banten Bay, Java, Indonesia, c.1725

Reference
BL-00069
Date
1725
Region
Asia
Category
Antique Map
Sheet size
16.0 x 21.8 cm (6.3 x 8.6 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 150

A small early 18th century map of Banten Bay showing the islands of Pulo Dua and Pulo Batto together with soundings within the Bay and profiles of hills on the islands published by Constantin de Renneville (c. 1650-1723) in his Recueil des voyages qui ont servi a l’establissment et aux progre de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales in Amsterdam in 1703. De Renneville’s publication was a translation and adaption of Isaak Commelin’s Begin ende voortgangh van de vereenighde Nederlandtsche Geoctroyeende Oost-Indische Compagnie thought to have been first published in Amsterdam around 1645.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Constantin de Renneville (ca. 1650-1723).

Condition: Good, given age. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Date: c.1725 Overall size: 21.8 x 16 cm Image size: 20.5 x 14.6 cm

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