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Pair of striking maps of Java by van Keulen
Pair of striking maps of Java by van Keulen
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Author: Keulen, Gerard van
Title: Insulae Iavae Pars Occidentalis Edente Hadriano Relando... [and] Insulae Iavae Pars Orientalis Edente Hadriano Relando ...
Place Published: Amsterdam
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Date Published: c.1728
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Two maps, sometimes joined into one, here separate. Copper-engraved, hand-colored, with hand-colored vignettes and views, one inset. 51.5x58 (20¼x22¾") & 51.5x59 c m (20¼x23¼"), including the title at top.



Striking map of the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies, with topographical features pictorially depicted, as well as the animals populating the island, the agricultural fields, towns and cities, etc. Depths are shown by soundings. There is a large hand-colored panorama of Batavia from the sea stretching across the top of the eastern sheet, and a picture of a Lion (Leo Belgicus) offered tribute by a black man, below which are two other blacks in chains, on the western sheet. Inset map of the Bay of Batavia on the western sheet. Provenance: H. Lawrence Wilsey of Pebble Beach, California.

Condition
Some toning to paper with edges darkened, a few vertical creases, several small holes in margins; very good.
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Pair of striking maps of Java by van Keulen

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