‘HABITANS DE L’ISLE ROTTERDAM, INWOONDERS VAN ‘T EILAND ROTTERDAM.’

– This original antique print shows the inhabitants of Nomuka Island, Tonga, 1643. Abel Tasman gave the island this name in 1643. Also called Anamocka or Rotterdam Island. Illustration from Tasman’s 1642/43 voyage.

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Description

This original antique print shows the inhabitants of Nomuka Island, Tonga, 1643. Abel Tasman gave the island this name in 1643. Also called Anamocka or Rotterdam Island. Illustration from Tasman’s 1642/43 voyage.

Made by Jakob van der Schley after Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 19.2 x 25.2 cm (7.56 x 9.92 inch). Image size: 13.8 x 18.2 cm. (5.43 x 7.17 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. Tiny worm hole left margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ABEL TASMAN-TONGA-NOMUKA ISLAND-NATIVES-ROTTERDAM-VOC | RBOS-A9-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in 1758 by De Hondt, The Hague. Early engravings from Antoine Francois Prevost: Histoire Generale des Voyages. Vol. 16. These are illustrations were previously published by Francois Valentijn in 1726.

Biography engraver: Jakob van der Schley (1715-1779) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver, who mostly did portrait engravings and frontispieces for books throughout his career.