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Rare and important c.18th map of the seas and islands surrounding the Banda Islands, Indonesia, extending south to northern Australia, east to Papua New Guinea and north to Ceram, from the first complete account by Francois Valentyn, of the V.O.C. … Read Full Description
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Rare and important c.18th map of the seas and islands surrounding the Banda Islands, Indonesia, extending south to northern Australia, east to Papua New Guinea and north to Ceram, from the first complete account by Francois Valentyn, of the V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) controlled East Indies.
Valentyn studied theology and travelled twice to the East Indies in the employ of the VOC, 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 VOC 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, Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogentheyd in die gewesten, benevens eene wydlustige beschryving der Moluccos, Amboina, Banda, Timor, en Solor, Java . Suratte . Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Malabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa, Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap de Hoede Hoop en van Mauritius,Amsterdam. 1724-1726
References:
Parry, p.184
Suarez: P.232-236
Francois Valentyn (1656 - 1727)
Valentyn studied theology and travelled twice to the East Indies in the employ of the VOC, 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 VOC 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.
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