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Old view of Onrust, VOC post outside Batavia

Onrust – Ein Prospect der Insul Onrust oder Unruhe 2. Meilen von Batavia gelegen

by W.J. Heydt

Rare 1st edition

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Date of first edition: 1739

Date of this map: 1744

Dimensions (not including margins): 22,5 x 27 cm

Condition: very good, strong paper and wide margins. Still framed.

Condition rating: A+

Verso: blank

From: Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schauplatz von Africa und Ost-Indien… Landwehr, VOC 469, NHSM 241, Mendelssohn I, 709, Kainbacher 174, Rajpal Kubar de Silva, Willemina G.M. Beumer: Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon, 1602-1796. A comprehensive work of pictorial reference with selected eye-witness accounts. London 1988. Gita Dharampal-Frick: Indien im Spiegel deutscher Quellen der Frühen Neuzeit (1500-1750). Studien zu einer interkulturellen Konstellation. Tübingen 1994. Christian Sandler: Die Homannschen Erben (1724-1852) und ihre Landkarten. Das Leben und Wirken von Johann Georg Ebersperger (1695-1760) und Johann Michael Franz (1700-1761).

Item number:: 52012
Region:: VOC-WIC
Categories:: Recent Additions

Price (without VAT, possibly to be added): €600,00 (FYI +/- $666,00 / £534,00)

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Onrust, Batavia’s key island

W. Heydt was a German engraver serving the VOC. In 1744 he published “Allerneuester geographisch- und topographischer Schauplatz von Africa und Ost-Indien….” in Nürenberg. This book contains many drawings pf Batavia, where Heydt lived between 1737 and 1740 as well as 41 engravings which he made for the Governor-General Valckenier.

VOC ships could not harbor at Batavia port. Hence the Dutch located all maritime activities on this tiny island just of the coast of Batavia.