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Antique Map of Ambon and Timor by Valentijn (1726)

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Condition : Very good, given age. Original folds, as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
Date : 1726
Overall size : 47 x 39.3 cm.
Image size : 41.9 x 31.7 cm.


Description: Antique map titled 'Caart van het Eyland Ambonia in het bijsonder. ' This is a print of an antique map of the Islands Ambon and Timor, one of the Moluccan Islands, Indonesia, with an inset of castle Victoria with the ring wall. From the monumental: "Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën ..." by François Valentyn / Valentijn, published in 1724-1726. VOC.

Artists and Engravers: The author François Valentijn (1666-1727), was a Dutch missionary, worked at Amboina from 1684 to 1694 and 1705 to 1713 and traveled extensively in the VOC's lands.