Bird's eye view map of the city of Malayo on Ternate

Bird's eye view map of the city of Malayo on Ternate.

Captioned: Nota Deese vier starckten hebben wy op het Eylant Taernaetten alwaer den spaengaert oock divershe starckten heeft [...].

The four fortifications named here are: Malayo, Tacome, Taloyky and Calamatta, of which details with regard to the weaponry are given on this page. Malayo, Taloyky and Calamatta have also been charted.

With notes by Bodel Nijenhuis, bottom right: geteekend voor den vrede met Spanje, te Munster gesloten [...]

One of a set of six plans of VOC forts in the East Indies drawn up around 1622. All are contained in the Bodel Nijenhuis collection, the others being: Batavia (COLLBN 002-10-034), Malayo on Ternate (COLLBN 002-09-001) and Marieko on Tidore (COLLBN Port 314 I N 99), Revenge on Pulau Ai (COLLBN 002-12-026), Tofasoha on Makian (COLLBN 002-12-027), Tabulolo on Makian (COLLBN 002-12-028).