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Tabula nova utriusque Indiae.
This is the fourth and last edition of this map based on Waldseemüller's first "modern" map of Asia. It follows that cartography without change but adds an int...
Place & Date: Vienne, 1541
Sumatra.
Gastaldi prepared this map and it was the first separate map of any Southeast Asian island based on actual observation. The general contour of Sumatra is remarkably good ...
- $1250 / ≈ €1170
Place & Date: Venice, 1556
Indiae Orientalis, Insularumque Adiacentium Typus.
Map of Indonesia. From a French text edition of this illustrated treatise of geography, which is considered as the first modern pocket-atlas.Map engraved by Philip Galle....
- $750 / ≈ €702
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585
India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
Fine 1598 edition of this early map of South East Asia. Just to the west and south of Malacca, one will notice ‘Camatra’ (Sumatra) and Java. China with Canton in the ...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Plants, including the canior, diringuo, pucho and chiabe.
In the Indies there are many delightful plants, which include the ‘costus indicus’ (named by the Malays 'pucho') that has a wonderful aroma. Then there is the ‘cala...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
Illustrations of Lancuas, Fagaras, Lacca and Cuci fructa.
Common in Bali, Java and Sunda is a plant known as the great Galanga or Galigam. The natives, however, call it Lancuas. The fagaras, particularly found in Sunda, looks li...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
A picture of various trees including the palm tree.
The Jacca fruit grows only on the trunk of the tree, not on its branches, rather like the fruit of the palmates. Then there is a fruit that grows in abundance in Bali, wh...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
The carcapuli, canella de mato and cassia solutiva.
The ‘caarcapuli’ that grows on the island of Sunda is a tasty, cherry-sized fruit. The Canella de mato that grows in abundance in the forests of Java is wild cinnamon...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
India Tercera Nuova Tavola.
The 1598 edition of this early map of South East Asia. Just to the west and south of Malacca one will notice ‘Camatra’ (Sumatra) and Java. China with Canton in the up...
Place & Date: Venice, 1598
Iava Maior.
Very fine miniature map of Java, engraved by Benjamin Wright (1575-1613). This early map contains detailed geography and nomenclature around the northern coastline of the...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
India Orien.
A miniature map showing India and the islands of Borneo, New Guinea, Sumatra, Java, etc.Korea as an enlonged peninsular and one town marked.First published in 1598 in his...
- $400 / ≈ €374
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornelis Claes, 1606
India Orientalis.
This lovely miniature map shows the East Indies, stretching from Persia to China and Japan, down to Java, and part of Papua new Guinea. Published by Petrus Bertius, in Am...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1606
I. Delineatio convivii a Ternatensium rege Generali Neccio exhibiti.
This famous and desirable scene from Roelof Roelofsz's narrative of a voyage by J.C. van Neck to Ternate.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compi...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, Wolfgangi Richteri, 1607
[Tropical fruits of Java].
Two text engravings of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ....
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Sumatra Insula.
A miniature map of Sumatra containing detailed geography and nomenclature around the entire island. The neighbouring coast of the Malay Peninsula is shown, including Sing...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Amsterdam/Frankfurt 1609
[Java].
Wood block engraved coastal profiles set in text from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux adv...
- $20 / ≈ €19
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Javanese gamelan orchestra]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Sunda].
Text engraving and coastal profiles in wood block from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux ad...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Mercatorum Ex China in Bantam Negotiantium Schema.
An early portrait of Chinese merchants in Banten (Bantam), a small port town near Java's western end.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilati...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Solemnitas Nuptialis Bantam Incolarum. (A wedding ceremony in the city of Bantam)
When a young couple become engaged they do not leave their homes until the wedding takes place. On their wedding day they are dressed up and happy, and visited by all the...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Milites in Bantam Gregarii Gum Suis armis. (Warriors of Bantam)
The warriors of Bantam carry both small and large shields made of leather, also swords or long lances with sturdy spear-heads. Their clothing is made with little square p...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Delineatio Piscationum Ternatensis.
Fishing scene on Ternate island, Maluku, Indonesia.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XXV. Quo Ritu Bantani Concilia Militaria Agant. 19. (Councils meeting at Bantam)
Councils meeting at Bantam (Banten), a city and former sultanate on Java island. Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
XVI. Civitas Bantam Tormentis nostris oppugnata . . .
Attack of Bantam (Banten), a city and former sultanate on Java island.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
Habitus Moresque Insulae Sumatra Incolarum. (People of Sumatra)
People of Sumatra.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six parts at the time of his death in...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
[Bantam].
Text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the cla...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Chinese Merchants and temple].
Two text engravings of Chinese merchants on Java and a Chines temple from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Java Fruits].
Text engraving of fruits on Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . &qu...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
Delineatio Civitatis et Castelli Amboinae.
Early view of Ambon, with 6 Dutch vessels offshore.Theodore de Bry, a German engraver and book dealer, began a compilation of early voyages in 1590 and had published six ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1609
[Ambon].
Text engraving showing a bay on the Island of Ambon, an island in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of eastern Indonesia. Above the map a lettered key (A-D). Text engraving f...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Foreign Merchants at Bantam].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Javanese Vessels]
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Dutch ship Amsterdam].
Text engraving of the Dutch vessel Amsterdam offshore the island of Java near Surabaya from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par l...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Celebrating the arrival of the Dutch in Turban].
Text engravings of a tournament in Turban. On 23rd January 1599, the Dutch landed at Turban (on the north coast of Java) with several small boats. Great crowds of people ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Plants and fruits of the East Indies].
Two text engravings from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Sumatra]
Text engraving from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . . ", being the clas...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Native Flora of Java].
Text engraving of native flora of Java from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues . . ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Bantam].
Text engraving showing some merchants of Bantam, from "Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales, par les hollandois, et des choses a eux adv...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[View of the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman's fleet at Bantam, Java.].
Engraved map of Bantam on Java with a lettered key (A-N) showing the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman’s fleet at Bantam, Java in 1596. Houtman’s four vessels, the Amste...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609
[Ternate].
Text engraving showing a bay on the Island of Ternate, an island in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of eastern Indonesia. Above the map a lettered key (A-E). Text engraving...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1609