MAE010
Tabula Indiae Orientalis et Regnorum Adjacentium
Map/Chart of the Indian Ocean, including South Africa, India and New Holland (Australia) to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Northwards to China and Japan from Francois Valentijn’s book Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Dordrecht/Amsterdam 1724/26). With in the right bottom corner the imprint J. van Braam en G. onder de Linden. Including the area east of Cape of Good Hope till Australia and Japan. An area covered by the Dutch V.O.C.
507 x 677 mm. Full contemporary colouring. Good condition with minor soiling and marginal fraying; paper slightly brittle but skillfully backed with ricepaper. Tooley 1268 $3200
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