Name: Antique Map-BATAVIA-JAKARTA-PLAN-van der Aa-1728
SKU: PICTURA-06836
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Antique Map-BATAVIA-JAKARTA-PLAN-van der Aa-1728

€475.00

‘PLAN DE LA VILLE ET DU CHATEAU DE BATAVIA EN L’ISLE DE IAVA. WARE AFBEELDINGE WEGENS HET CASTEEL ENDE STADT BATAVIA GELEGEN OPT GROOT EYLANT JAVA. A LEIDE, CHEZ PIERRE VANDER AA.’

– A detailed bird’s-eye plan of Batavia (present-day Jakarta), showcasing the city’s fortifications, canals, roads, and key structures. The left section contains a legend identifying important locations, and the lower part includes an inset view of Batavia from the seaside, showing ships and coastal fortifications. The upper right features a lion holding a shield.

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SKU: PICTURA-06836 Categories: Asia, Netherlands Tag: Maps

Description

Medium: Copper engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 45.4 x 34.3 cm (17.87 x 13.5 inch). Image size: 35.5 x 27 cm. (13.98 x 10.63 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Well-preserved, sharp impression, minimal toning, blank verso. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BATAVIA, JAKARTA, DUTCH EAST INDIES, VOC, PIETER VAN DER AA, 17TH-CENTURY CITY PLAN, COLONIAL HISTORY, ANTIQUE MAP, LA GAL?RIE AGR?ABLE DU MONDE | EXPO-MAPS-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

La Galerie Agreable du Monde, Pieter van der Aa, 1728. Originally published in Gedenkwaardige gesantschappen der Oost-Indische Maatschappy (1669).

State: Later edition, based on the 1669 map.

Reference: Van der Krogt 4 – #1951; Van der Krogt A – 54:33.

Biography engraver: Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller based in Leiden. He specialized in geography and travel books, producing numerous atlases and city plans. He often republished earlier works, combining original material with reprints from other cartographers.