Antique Map Ambon Island by Valentyn (c.1724)

$770,00

Description

Antique Map Ambon Island by Valentyn titled ‘De Landvoogdy van Amboina met de elf onderhoorige Eylanden’.

Rare and Detailed map of Amboina and neighboring islands, from Francois Valentyn’s Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien, part V : Beschryving van Coromandel, Pegu, Arrakan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malakka, Sumatra, Ceylon.

Francois Valentijn (1666–1727) was a minister, naturalist and writer.  He is best known for his Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (“Old and New East-India”), a book about the history of the Dutch East India Company and the countries of the Far East.

Purchase Code: M1535
Measures: 293 x 738 mm.

10.500.000 IDR

650,00 Euro
740,00 USD