Malaka

Superbly c.18th hand coloured engraved view of the city of Malacca, Malaysia.

This engraving is based on the original painting by Johannes Vingboons (1616–1670) painted in c.1665 which is in the Nationaal Archief, Netherlands (Accession No: NL-HaNA_4.VELH_619.67). This was then first issued as an engraving in Francois Valentyn’s accounts of the Dutch East India Company;  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. Our example of the same view is in reverse to Vingboon’s painting.

From Prevost, Abbe. Histoire générale des voyages : ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre qui ont été publiées jusqu’à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les.. Paris

References:
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967:  65403.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974:  p.241
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973:  5991

Collections:
Australian National Library: Kessler Collection: 10417
National Library Australia: Bib ID 6058912
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: 05041509
State Library New South Wales: RB/DQ909.8A
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Identifier: ark:/12148/bpt6k201024v
State Library Victoria: RARESF 910.8 P929H