Description
Description: Antique print Indonesia with an image on each side. The first image depicts Ontong Java, one of the largest atolls on earth. On verso: antique map of the Banda Islands. With the route of Abel Tasman. This print originates from ‘Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën’ by F. Valentijn.
Artists and Engravers: François Valentijn (1666-1727), a missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and travelled extensively in the VOC’s lands.
- Date: 1726
- Overall size: 20 x 34 cm.
- Image size: 16 x 13 cm.
- Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Small worm hole outside image. Please study image carefully.
