Spice Islands and the Indonesian Archipelago Frame
Title: |
Insulae Moluccae celeberrimæ sunt ob Maximamaromatum |
Year: |
1598 |
Maker: |
Petrus Plancius |
Size: |
343 x 265 mm |
Description:
Engraved by Petrus Plancius, the great Dutch engraver and first Hydrographer to the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and made after the latest and highly secret Portuguese sources. The map provides the most detailed cartographic knowledge of the region at the end of the 16th century that was collected by Huygen van Linschoten, the young Dutch secretary to the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa.
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