Description
Rare c.18th chart of the Moluccas or Spice Islands (Maluka) from the most important record of the East Indies under the control of the V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company).
The chart extends to the Philippines and New Guinea.
Valentyn studied theology and travelled twice to the East Indies in the employ of the V.O.C, firstly as a Calvinist minister on the spice island of Amboina (1686-1694) and then to Java (1706) and again Amboina (1707-1713). In the preparation of his historical account of the V.O.C. in the East, Valentyn was given privileged access to the secret archives of the company, enabling him to provide detailed information on previous Dutch voyages to the Indies, including those of Abel Tasman.
From Francois Valentyn’s (1656-1727), Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien, vervattende Een Naaukeurige…..
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1536775
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifiant de la notice: ark:/12148/cb31519757n
Getty Museum Los Angeles: OCLC Record Number 7562310
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VKqm7mebZl
