Description
Antique print titled ‘De Ambonsche Hongi of de Coracora Vloot’.
View of the Hongi or Coracora fleet from Ambon (Amboine), Maluku Islands, Indonesia. Below the image, there is a numbered key (1-66) with the names of the ships. This print originates from ‘Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien (..)’ by F. Valentijn.
Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn / Valentyn (1666-1727), was a Dutch minister, naturalist and author. He was sent by the VOC as a missionary and mostly worked at Amboina from 1684-1694 and 1705-1713. He travelled extensively in the VOC-controlled territories and befriended the German naturalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf (Rumphius). He probably had access to VOC archives and compiled much in this monumental work from others as well.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Original folding line, blank verso.
Measures : 33.02 x 39.01 cm
Purchase code: PCT-4923
