Author: NIEUHOF, Joan.
Title: Landt caerte van Batavia met haar onder hoorende forten.
Description: Amsterdam, Weduwe Jacob van Meurs, 1682. Engraved plan of Batavia and surrounding countryside, with decorative cartouche, some illustrations are coloured. Ca. 28 x 35,5 cm. From: Zee en lant-reize door verscheide gewesten van Oostindien. - Joan Nieuhof (1618-1672) was a servant of the East India Company (VOC). 'Undoubtedly the finest 17th century plates of Indonesia are contained in Joan Nieuhof's Zee en lant-reize' (Bastin-Brommer p.1). Landwehr, VOC, 282; Brommer, Batavia, p.38; Feith 26..

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