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C1730
India Orientalis cum Adjacentibus Insulis Nova Delinineatione ob Oculos Posita.
Mapmaker:
Matthias Seutter (1678 - 1757)
Large scale map of the East Indies, with an elaborate title cartouche showing the riches to be found in the Indies. The decorations include: a robed religious figure preaching to a group of pious natives; Neptune, the Roman God of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
India Orientalis cum Adjacentibus Insulis Nova Delinineatione ob Oculos Posita.
Date:
C1730
Mapmaker:
Matthias Seutter (1678 - 1757)
Condition:
One or two spots otherwise in good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
570mm
x 490mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1730
Description:
Large scale map of the East Indies, with an elaborate title cartouche showing the riches to be found
in the Indies. The decorations include: a robed religious figure preaching to a group
of pious natives; Neptune, the Roman God of the Sea holding
his trident and pointing to a group of natives who are offering
the sea’s bounties to a seated figure of Asia; behind Neptune are three
Galleons indicating the dominant presence of the European naval
powers in the Indies. Australia is shown according to Tasman’s second voyage in 1644.
From Atlas Novus.
References PAR COEII pg 221/224 ill 6.43 (1740) TOO MOA 1136 pg 143.
Mapmaker:
Matthaus Seutter (1678-1757)
Seutter who was apprenticed to Homann in 1697 and set up on his
own account in Ausburg in 1725. He was appointed geographer to the
Imperial Court and issued a number of successful atlases.
