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C1677
(1682)
Indiae Orientalis nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio.
Map of the East Indies, extending from India to northern Australia, with the Dutch discoveries made on the western side of Cape York Peninsula. A superb, decorative title cartouche at lower left, comprised of a carved stone block, surrounded by … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Indiae Orientalis nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio.
Date:
C1677
(1682)
Condition:
Minor toning and spotting, laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring. Title cartouche with modern hand colouring.,
Image Size:
560mm
x 450mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1682
Description:
Map of the East Indies, extending from India to northern Australia, with the Dutch discoveries made on the western side of Cape York Peninsula.
A superb, decorative title cartouche at lower left, comprised of a carved stone block, surrounded by oriental figures, trade goods, birds and animals, is set against a backdrop of palm trees.
The Dutch discoveries in Australia, include: Carstensz in the Pera on Cape York 1623, Tasman’s second voyage on the northern Australian coast 1644 and those of van Colster in the Arnhem 1623. After the subsequent reports made by Tasman to the authorities in Batavia, the VOC concluded that Australia lacked any worthwhile trading opportunities and from that time on, any further charting of the Australian coast by the VOC was made purely to upgrade existing charts. They no longer attempted to engage in trade with the indigenous population, as Tasman had been instructed to do, nor did they make further attempts to explore the Australian coast.
New Guinea is shown with an uncharted west coast and named Terra dos Papous.
Issued subsequent to Nicholas Visscher II obtaining a patent of the States Holland and West-Freiland, for the printing and publishing of maps and atlases for a period of 15 years in 1682.
From Visscher IIÂ Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa.
References: Fell ill.4, Koeman III, p.166-170 Vis 12-18, Parry p.119-122, ill.4.3, Quirino p.112, ill.p.118, Tooley 1300, p.204.
Nicolaes Visscher II (1649 - 1702)
Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher. He was the son of Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-1679) and the grandson of Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587-1652). After his death, his wife, Elisabeth, continued the family tradition of mapmaking and publishing. The engraved plates, were then sold to Peter Schenk.
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Nicolaes Visscher I (1618 - 1679)
Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher the son of Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587-1679). His son, Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), also worked with him and continued the family tradition of mapmaking after his death. Visscher died in Amsterdam in 1679 and was buried in the Nieuwezijds Kapel on 11 September of that year, though a death year of 1709 is maintained by some sources.
