Vue et description de Surate et de Batavia, anno 1719, Chatelain Size of the sheet: 46 x 28 cm., very good condition, printed on thick paper, wide margins, clean print. Attractive view of the town and harbor of Surate on the northwest coast of India, and a bird's-eye city plan of Batavia (Jakarta) present-day capital of Indonesia, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam. Surate was the first English trading post in India and was known as a gold and textile center. Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indian trading empire during the period when the Dutch dominated trade from the famous Spice Islands. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. Chatelain proved a s

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Erscheinungsdatum: 1719

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Vue et description de Surate et de Batavia, anno 1719, Chatelain Size of the sheet: 46 x 28 cm., very good condition, printed on thick paper, wide margins, clean print. Attractive view of the town and harbor of Surate on the northwest coast of India, and a bird's-eye city plan of Batavia (Jakarta) present-day capital of Indonesia, from Chatelain's monumental 7 volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam. Surate was the first English trading post in India and was known as a gold and textile center. Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indian trading empire during the period when the Dutch dominated trade from the famous Spice Islands. Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. Chatelain proved a successful businessman, creating lucrative networks in London, The Hague, and then Amsterdam. He is most well known for the Atlas Historique, published in seven volumes between 1705 and 1720. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1557417370626

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Titel: Vue et description de Surate et de Batavia, ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1719

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