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[DJAKARTA] -- Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie Weltberühmte Haupt-Handels und Niederlags-Stadt Batavia, in Asien auf dem grossen Eyland Iava in dem Königreich Iacatra Nord-Westlich gelegen, nach ihrem Grund-Ris und Prospect mit Erläuterung einiger ihrer besondersten Merkwürdigkeiten, auf das accurateste vorgestellet von Homännischen Erben. Nuremberg: 1773.
Engraved hand-coloured map (473 x 556 mm.), watermark device, untrimmed margins. The chart covers Djakarta and its environs, land use indicated, three inset views of the city, inset decorative cartouche of a semi-aerial view of the city from the sea, comprehensive key to the map, inset text concerning the history of the city, decorative galleons, decorated compass rose, mooring points indicated. (Usual vertical centrefold, unobtrusive staining, some light foxing on the reverse, lesser defects, otherwise in very good condition.)
Engraved hand-coloured map (473 x 556 mm.), watermark device, untrimmed margins. The chart covers Djakarta and its environs, land use indicated, three inset views of the city, inset decorative cartouche of a semi-aerial view of the city from the sea, comprehensive key to the map, inset text concerning the history of the city, decorative galleons, decorated compass rose, mooring points indicated. (Usual vertical centrefold, unobtrusive staining, some light foxing on the reverse, lesser defects, otherwise in very good condition.)