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GRAAF, Isaak de. [A Dutch VOC chart of Batavia and Bantam.]. Signed 'Amsterdam bij Isaak de Graaf, 1739.
A manuscript chart on a single vellum sheet maximum dimensions 394 x 1025mm, with a contemporary English inscription on verso A chart of Bantam and Batavia with the neighbouring places & their bearings. The chart covers the nothern coast of Java extending from the west of Bantam to the east of Batavia (Djakarta), coastlines neatly drawn in green, black and brown, islands in light brown, the layouts of the towns of Batavia and Bantam carefully drawn in green and purple, islands and place-names in black and red, coastline with green wash, sandbanks marked by doted areas, rocks and obstructions by crosses, numerous depth soundings, a single decorated coloured compass rose, the whole chart divided by rhumblines in red, green and black, with scalebar. (Several vertical creases, minor stains and soiling to the margins)
GRAAF, Isaak de. [A Dutch VOC chart of the Sunda Straits]. Signed 'Amsterdam bij Isaak de Graaf, 1739'.
A manuscript chart on a single vellum sheet, maximum dimensions 800 x 680mm. The chart covers the Sunda Straits, and parts of the southern coasts of Sumatra and Java, coastlines neatly drawn in green and black, islands in black and green stylised mountain symbols, placenames in black and red, sandbanks marked by dotted area, rocks by crosses, numerous depth soundings, a single decorated coloured compass rose, the whole chart divided by rhumblines in red, green and black, a latitude graticule is marked from north to south across the chart, with scalebar.(Several vertical and horizontal creases, some staining and soling to margins, upper margin affected by burn marks with slight loss of map image)
A rare and interesting pair of official VOC charts for the navigation of Dutch vessels on the final leg of the Texel/Batavia trade route through the Sunda Straits to Batavia and Bantam. Both charts were drawn up by Isaak de Graaf in Amsterdam in 1739 but it would appear that the additional place-names for islands and the new depth soundings which have been marked in red may well have been added by the official VOC cartographer in Batavia. The Batavia/Bantam coastal chart has a high proportion of additional information in red providing a detailed chart of these waters. The VOC charts were purchased by the captains of the vessels, most charts priced at 6 guilders and 10 stuivers, the Batavia/Bantam was priced more cheaply at 3 guilders 10 struivers. VOC charts are rarely seen at auction, 5 examples of de Graaf's Batavia/Bantam chart are recorded in institutional hands in Holland. For de Graaf's the Sunda Strait chart, similarly 5 examples are recorded in Holland. (2)
A manuscript chart on a single vellum sheet maximum dimensions 394 x 1025mm, with a contemporary English inscription on verso A chart of Bantam and Batavia with the neighbouring places & their bearings. The chart covers the nothern coast of Java extending from the west of Bantam to the east of Batavia (Djakarta), coastlines neatly drawn in green, black and brown, islands in light brown, the layouts of the towns of Batavia and Bantam carefully drawn in green and purple, islands and place-names in black and red, coastline with green wash, sandbanks marked by doted areas, rocks and obstructions by crosses, numerous depth soundings, a single decorated coloured compass rose, the whole chart divided by rhumblines in red, green and black, with scalebar. (Several vertical creases, minor stains and soiling to the margins)
GRAAF, Isaak de. [A Dutch VOC chart of the Sunda Straits]. Signed 'Amsterdam bij Isaak de Graaf, 1739'.
A manuscript chart on a single vellum sheet, maximum dimensions 800 x 680mm. The chart covers the Sunda Straits, and parts of the southern coasts of Sumatra and Java, coastlines neatly drawn in green and black, islands in black and green stylised mountain symbols, placenames in black and red, sandbanks marked by dotted area, rocks by crosses, numerous depth soundings, a single decorated coloured compass rose, the whole chart divided by rhumblines in red, green and black, a latitude graticule is marked from north to south across the chart, with scalebar.(Several vertical and horizontal creases, some staining and soling to margins, upper margin affected by burn marks with slight loss of map image)
A rare and interesting pair of official VOC charts for the navigation of Dutch vessels on the final leg of the Texel/Batavia trade route through the Sunda Straits to Batavia and Bantam. Both charts were drawn up by Isaak de Graaf in Amsterdam in 1739 but it would appear that the additional place-names for islands and the new depth soundings which have been marked in red may well have been added by the official VOC cartographer in Batavia. The Batavia/Bantam coastal chart has a high proportion of additional information in red providing a detailed chart of these waters. The VOC charts were purchased by the captains of the vessels, most charts priced at 6 guilders and 10 stuivers, the Batavia/Bantam was priced more cheaply at 3 guilders 10 struivers. VOC charts are rarely seen at auction, 5 examples of de Graaf's Batavia/Bantam chart are recorded in institutional hands in Holland. For de Graaf's the Sunda Strait chart, similarly 5 examples are recorded in Holland. (2)