Map of Batavia and environs

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Map of Batavia and environs

Cuyck, Jacob Cornelisz van / Gerritsz., Hessel

According to the Leupe catalogue (NA), the original title reads: Afbeelding van de stadt Batavia, met het Leeger daerom leggende; gedaen ende uytgegeven door:.

Number in pencil: 1179.

The chart bears the following inscription: dese Cleyne caerte is Corrext, probably a remark from Hessel Gerritsz.

In an addition, the Leupe catalogue refers to a catalogue of an exhibition in Amsterdam in 1919, as well as the noteGravure als copie in F Valentyn and KA 1008 ?.

Notes on reverse: Affteeckeninge vant belegh der stad Batavia a 1629 / a [of o] 823 [in pencil] / 50 R. R op 1 duim schaal = rond 1 : 7200 [in pencil].

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Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Cuyck, Jacob Cornelisz van (copied after)

Gerritsz., Hessel (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1629

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

32 x 43 cm32 x 43 cm

Number

VEL1179B

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, fortification, battle / taking / war (fight), Person, anchorage / pier / harbour, ship / vessel, flora, building, compass / dial

Inscription

Afbeelding van stadt Batavia, met het Leeger daerom leggende; gedaen ende uytgegeven door Jacob Cuyck gesworen landm:

Sources and literature

Zandvliet, K., Mapping for Money: Maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and (1998)