Amsterdam: F. Valentijn, 1726. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 11 3/4" x 7" This map depicts the road from Semarang to Kartosuro on the island of Java, Indonesia. Published in Francois Valentijn's "Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien", 1724-1726. Features 29 numbered sites - including rice paddies, fortresses, military positions, and town names - dispersed throughout a lovely pictorial landscape of palm trees and hills. Rivers are only depicted where they transect the road. In very good condition, with some spotting mostly..... More

Amsterdam: Francois Valentijn, 1726. Chart. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 13 1/4" x 25" This rare chart depicts the six coastlines of Ambon Island, part of the Lease Islands within the Malaku group in Indonesia, also known to colonialists as the Spice Islands. Features six views of Dutch trading posts: Nieuw Lssabatta, Rarakit, Keffing, Roemakay, Kamarien, and Caybobo. The lush mountainous terrain is beautifully depicted in the background, with several European sailboats and local kora-kora canoes in the foreground. The Spice..... More