THE EAST INDIES
Our Indonesian Store
In our Indonesian store you can find an extensive collection of original rare antique maps, prints and books of mainly the Old East Indies. A large part of our Indonesian collection of antique maps, prints and books can be found on this website. Our physical store is located in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Jakarta and also offers (tribal) art and antiques.
THE NETHERLANDS
Our Dutch Stores
In 2014, Bartele Santema moved to The Netherlands and opened an antique map store in the Frisian village Langweer. In 2018, he opened a second antique map store in Sneek. Our Dutch antique map stores offer antique maps from every part of the world. Moreover, thousands of antique prints can be found covering fields of interest as diverse as antique city views, animal prints, antique portraits and many more.
ONLINE STORES
Our Online Stores
With weekly new additions we offer a wide range of our maps, prints, books and antiques online. This website displays our Indonesian inventory. For our Dutch inventory, please visit our online antique map store. If you don’t find what you are looking for, let us know and we will help you to locate it.
Please note that we are also interested in buying your antique maps and prints, especially from the East Indies!
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Complete set Batavia – Nieuhof (1682)
Description: Plate: 'Batavia.' (Batavia, Indonesia.) Complete set of 17 prints with map, views and scenes of Batavia, Indonesia.
1. De Nieuwe Poort. (The New Gate.) - 2. Land Caerte Van Batavia. (Map of Batavia.) - 3. Haven van Batavia. (Harbour of Batavia.) - on verso view of the city of Batavia - 4. De Tygers Graft op Batavia. (Tiger's canal in Batavia.) - 5. De Kruys Kerck op Batavia. (The Kruiskerk in Batavia.) - 6. Rate of Stadthuys. (City hall in Batavia.) - 7. Gasthuys. (Lodging / Guesthouse.) - 8. Spinhuys. (Spinners house.) - 9. Het Slaght ofte Vlees Hal op Batavia. (The Slaughterhouse in Batavia.) - 10. Gemaekte Kleere en Stoffe Hal. (Textile factory.) - on verso Sinees Sieken Huys. (Chinese Hospital.) - Please study plates 11 until 17 on the collage. This rare original old antique print originates from the book: 'Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee en Lantreize ...' by Johan Nieuhof, published by Jacob van Meurs, Amsterdam, 1682. First and only Dutch edition. Later amended English edition published by Churchill in 1744.
Artists and Engravers: Johan / Jan / Johannes Nieuhof / Nieuhoff / Neuhof (1618-1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 km from Canton to Peking in 1655-1657, which enabled him to become an authoritative Western writer on China. Johan Nieuhof was born in Uelsen, Germany, of which his father (originally from Zwolle) was mayor. Nieuhof left for Brazil in 1640 as a reserve officer-candidate - from then on, barring two short family visits in 1658 and 1671, he spent all the rest of his life abroad. After an adventurous career in the service of the Dutch East India Company (or VOC) - between 1660 and 1667 he occupied posts in India and on Ceylon - he then lived in Batavia until 1670. He then disappeared without trace on Madagascar, traveling in a sloop from which he had landed to seek drinking water. The engravings are made after Nieuhoff's drawings. This plate is engraved by Johannes Kip..
- Date: 1682
- Technic: Copperplate etching and engraving on verge type hand laid paper. Watermark present, but not visible on every sheet.
- Overall size: The overall size of a (folded) page is ca, 14,2 x 12,4 inch
- Image size: 13,8 x 10,8 inch The width of a single page is about 7 inch
- Condition: Fine; General age related toning and light staining from handling. Irregular paper edges with small tears. Map with some paper loss in lower right margin, remargined and retouched.
- PartNumber: 19372
- Storage Location: (BG) A129-15
Pl.16 Commerce du Japon/Japanse Koophandel – Van der Aa (1725)
Description: Plate 16: 'Commerce du Japon / Japanse Koophandel - Magnificence du Roi Calaminhan aux Indes Orientales / Calaminhans Eer Pracht.' (Japanese Trade - Magnificence of the King of Kalimantan, Indonesia.) This plate shows the Dutch VOC trading post in Nagasaki, Japan on the left. On the right an Indonesian King and his entourage in Kalimantan, Borneo. Extremely rare in any edition.
This plate originates from the very scarse: 'La galerie agreable du monde (...). Tome premier des Indes Orientales.', published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, c. 1725. This famous work was published in 66 parts and is the biggest print / map book ever published. Van der Aa incorporated plates by other publishers such as Blaeu, Visscher, de Wit, meurs, Halma, Mortier, Allard in this work and often added broad decorative borders. Probably the costliest and complete universal geographic work ever produced. It is said that only 100 copies were printed. Ref: Koeman Aa9; Phillips 2780 note. This plate was originally published in 'Les Indes orientales et occidentales, et autres lieux.', by Romeyn de Hooghe, published by Pieter van der Aa, leiden, 1710. Extremely rare in any edition.
Artists and Engravers: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden 1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases. The Galerie Agreable contains plates and maps by the best Dutch engravers: Luiken, Goeree, Mulder, Stoopendaal, Aldert Meijer, Romeyn de Hooghe, ao.
- Date: 1725
- Technic: Copperplate engraving on a verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Authenticity 100% guaranteed.
- Overall size: 19,3 x 15 inch
- Image size: 13,4 x 8,3 inch
- Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and light staining. Paper edge uncut and thus irregular and with occasional minimal tears. Original folding as issued.
- PartNumber: 22053
- Storage Location: (BG) B42-13
La ville de Palembang dans l’Ile de Sumatra – Van der Aa (1725)
Description: Plate: 'La ville de Palembang dans l'Ile de Sumatra'. (The city of Palembang on the island of Sumatra.) This plate shows a sea battle before the city of Palembang on Sumatra, Indonesia. With compass rose, legend and scale. This plate originates from the very scarse: 'La galerie agreable du monde (…). Tome premier des Indes Orientales.', published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, c. 1725. This famous work was published in 66 parts and is the biggest print / map book ever published. Van der Aa incorporated plates by other publishers such as Blaeu, Visscher, de Wit, meurs, Halma, Mortier, Allard in this work and often added broad decorative borders. Probably the costliest and complete universal geographic work ever produced. It is said that only 100 copies were printed. Ref: Koeman Aa9; Phillips 2780 note.
Artists and Engravers: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden 1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases. The Galerie Agreable contains plates and maps by the best Dutch engravers: Luiken, Goeree, Mulder, Stoopendaal, ao.
- Date: 1725
- Technic: Copperplate engraving and etching on a verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Authenticity 100% guaranteed.
- Overall size: 19,3 x 15 inch
- Image size: 13,6 x 11,4 inch
- Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Paper edge uncut and thus irregular. Original middle fold as issued.
- PartNumber: 21283
- Storage Location: (BG) B38-45
Pl.13 Afteeckeninge van de Scheep-strijd voor Bantam – Houtman (1646)
Description: Plate 13 ; 'Afteeckeninge van de Scheep-strijd voor Bantam'. (Depiction of the sea battle before Bantam.) This plate shows war ships in battle before Bantam / Banten, Indonesia.
This is an extremely rare print / copperplate engraving from: 'De eerste Schipvaerd der Hollandsche Natie naer Oost-Indien.... (The first sea voyage of the Dutch nation to the East-Indies ...), which was part of the monumental work by Isaac Commelin (1598-1676) on VOC voyages: 'Begin ende voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Companie....', published by Joannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1646. The First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia was an expedition that took place from 1595 to 1597. It was instrumental in the opening up of the Indonesian spice trade to the merchants that eventually formed the Dutch East India Company, and marked the end of the Portuguese Empire's dominance in the region. Although the expedition did not bring back as much as expected - 245 bags of pepper, 45 tons of nutmeg, and 30 bales of mace - spice prices had become so inflated that the expedition was still profitable. All in all, the voyage suffered from bad leadership, but was still instrumental in opening up the East Indies to the Dutch
Artists and Engravers: During this voyage Cornelis de Houtman (1565-1599) emerged as the leader of the expedition. He was the brother of Frederick de Houtman, a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and managed to begin the Dutch spice trade.
- Date: 1646
- Technic: Original copper engravings on a vellin type paper.
- Overall size: 9,6 x 7,5 inch
- Image size: 8,5 x 5,7 inch
- Condition: Good. General age related toning and foxing, some creasing and minor soiling. Minor damp staining lower margin not affecting image.
- PartNumber: 19480
- Storage Location: (BG) C94-21
Antique Print of Makassar by Van der Aa (c.1725)
Description: Antique print titled 'Macasar, Capitale du Roiaume de même nom'. This rare print shows Makassar, the present capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In the foreground several VOC ships. This print originates from the very scarse: 'La galerie agreable du monde. Tome premier des Indes Orientales.', published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, circa 1725.
Artists and Engravers: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden 1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases. The Galerie Agreable contains plates and maps by the best Dutch engravers: Luiken, Goeree, Mulder, Stoopendaal, ao.
- Date: c.1725
- Overall size: 49 x 38 cm.
- Image size: 35 x 27.5 cm.
- Condition: Fair, age-related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Paper edge uncut and thus irregular. Original middle fold as issued. Paper loss in bottom left corner, not effecting image. Paper separation in lower middle fold, extending into image, backed, not very noticable. This sheet a bit more toned. Some folding near top middle fold from binding. Please study image carefully.
Antique Print of Amboina by Van der Aa (c.1725)
Description: Antique print titled 'Ville d'Amboine, capitale des Iles Molucques.' This view shows Amboina, the capital of the Molucca Islands, Indonesia. In the foreground several VOC and local ships. This print originates from the very scarse: 'La galerie agreable du monde. Tome premier des Indes Orientales.', published by P. van der Aa, Leyden, circa 1725.
Artists and Engravers: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden 1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases. The Galerie Agreable contains plates and maps by the best Dutch engravers: Luiken, Goeree, Mulder, Stoopendaal, ao.
- Date: c.1725
- Overall size: 49 x 38 cm.
- Image size: 35 x 27.5 cm.
- Condition: Fair, age-related toning and occasional light staining from handling. Paper edge uncut and thus irregular. Original middle fold as issued. Slight paper separation in lower middle fold, backed, not effecting image. Please study image carefully.
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