Nieuwe Kaart van de Sundasche Eilanden als Borneo, Sumatra en Groot Iava &c
Amsterdam,
Isaak Tirion,
[1744-1769].
Engraved map with contemporary hand-colour in outline, a bit creased, lower edge frayed.
420 by 530mm. (16.5 by 20.75 inches).
17593
notes:
Tirion's map of southwest Southeast Asia, including Sumatra, the Malay peninsula naming "Sincapoera" on the mainland, Java and a disproportionately large island of Borneo. Published in his 'Niewe en beknopte hand-atlas', from 1744-1769.
Isaak Tirion (c1705-1765) was granted the privilege in September of 1728 to publish Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History, or the Present State of all Nations', in Dutch, a little over a year after his name appears for the first time in...
Isaak Tirion (c1705-1765) was granted the privilege in September of 1728 to publish Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History, or the Present State of all Nations', in Dutch, a little over a year after his name appears for the first time in...
bibliography:
Philips 600.
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
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The heart of VOC territory in Southeast Asia
“Cincapura au Cingapura” 


