Antique Map Java Indonesia Chatelain (3 results)

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Ile de Java: Partie Occidentale, Partie Orientale, Dressee tout Nouvellement Sur Les Memoires Les Plus Exacts (.)'. This beautiful map of Java (Indonesia) exists of two sheets, joined together. It also shows a large portion of Sumatra and Bali. It shows the entire island of Java with such detail that even rice plantations, grazing lands, and forests are included with accuracy. The city and port of Batavia (Jakarta) can be found in the northwest portion of the island as well as in a large insert in the lower left portion of the map. Above the map are two drapery style title banners written by Gueudeville, that present the history of the island as well as the presence of the Dutch.

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Ile de Java: Partie Occidentale, Partie Orientale, Dressee tout Nouvellement Sur Les Memoires Les Plus Exacts (.)'. This beautiful map of Java exists of two seperate sheets. It also shows a large portion of Sumatra and Bali. It shows the entire island of Java with such detail that even rice plantations, grazing lands, and forests are included with accuracy. The city and port of Batavia (Jakarta) can be found in the northwest portion of the island as well as in a large insert in the lower left portion of the map. Above the map are two drapery style title banners written by Gueudeville, that present the history of the island as well as the presence of the Dutch.

No binding. Condition: Good. CARTE DE L'ILE DE JAVA : PARTIE OCCIDENTALE, PARTIE ORIENTALE .Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 92 x 42,4 cm. (36,2 x 16,7 inch). Image size: 87,4 x 37,5 cm. (34,4 x 14,8 inch).From volume V of the monumental work 'Atlas Historique .', 1719. The atlas was published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720, with a second edition appearing in 1732. The maps were accompanied by information pertaining to cosmography, geography, history, chronology, genealogy, topography, heraldry, and costumes of the world.Made by an anonymous engraver after Henri Abraham Chatelain. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743), his father Zacharie Chatelain (d.1723) and Zacharie Junior (1690-1754), worked as a partnership publishing the Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A L'Histoire under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication.Condition: Very good, given age. Printed from 2 plates, sheets attached. Original folds as issued. Recent hand colouring. Tear at bottom middle backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: CARTE DE JAVA-INDONESIAExpo-large foil.