Map of Africa and Asia

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Map of Africa and Asia

Anoniem / Anonymous

Map of Africa and Asia with the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, designed in order to show the route of the first Dutch ocean voyage to Indonesia, under Cornelis de Houtman, 1595-1597.

Top right and bottom left insets with Asian figures.

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Is part of:

Banten

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

ca. 1597

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

34 x 65 cm34 x 65 cm

Number

MMR-K270

Owner

Maritiem Museum Rotterdam

Tags

ship / vessel, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, Map/Chart/Plan, survey / view, Person

Inscription

Descriptio hydrographica accommodata ad Battavorum navagatione[m] in Javam insulam Indiae Orientalis, factam ad quam postridie calendas Aprilis ann’ 1595 ex Hollandia solverunt et ex qua domum redierunt Idus Augusti anno 1597 horum extus reditusq[ue] via bis notis demonstratur de hac navigatione extat descriptio lectu perquam admiranda […]