Offering the best route through the eastern islands of the Indonesian archipelago towards China
Eastern Passages to China. Sheet I.
London,
Published by James Horsburgh Hydrographer to the Hon.ble E.I. Comp.y
1 May 1824.
Engraved chart.
650 by 985mm. (25.5 by 38.75 inches).
17537
notes:
First publication of this large-scale and detailed chart of the islands of the eastern Indonesian archipelago, which offers the best routes through the islands towards China, depending on the season. With: insets 'Sketch of Bally Strait', 'Sketch of Lombock Strait', 'Plan of the Alass Strait from observations made by James Horsburgh in 1796', 'Sketch of the Sapy Strait'; coastal profiles, and extensive depth soundings.
Horsburgh is quick to thank his colleagues in the...
Horsburgh is quick to thank his colleagues in the...
bibliography:
provenance:
Bellin’s Maldives
Ukraine and Russia
Stanford’s map of Central Africa
The Sunda Strait
Chart of the islands at the heart of the VOC controlled Indonesian archipelago
“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
One of the earliest printed detailed charts of Java
One of the earliest maps to reference Singapore
“The first printed map of European origin devoted to Southeast Asia and its islands” (Suarez)
French manuscript chart of Java – the heart of the Dutch empire
Kingdoms of gold and silver
The explosive island of Krakatoa
The Sunda Strait
Charting a voyage of nearly two thousand nautical miles from the Sunda Strait to Hong Kong
The heart of VOC territory in Southeast Asia
“Cincapura au Cingapura”
Trion’s map of southwest Southeast Asia
The Bangka Strait
Southern entrance to the Sunda Strait
The Bali Strait
The Sunda Strait
The sea between Sumatra and Borneo
Passe de Surate to the northwest tip of Sumatra
“Very nobly furnished, and… richly bound and gilded” (John Evelyn) 


