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The images include scenes at Batavia, Bandermassin (Bandjarmasin in Borneo) and Sumatra.
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The East Indies: A Trompe l'Oeil including painted maps and engravings commemorating the Dutch East India Company's Captain Jean Jacques de Roy's voyages to Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Celebes, Gilolo and other neighbouring territories
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Vadacsna'deÿÿcanlava Cheÿÿdedtÿÿl (active 1746)
The East Indies: A Trompe l'Oeil including painted maps and engravings commemorating the Dutch East India Company's Captain Jean Jacques de Roy's voyages to Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Celebes, Gilolo and other neighbouring territories
pen, black ink and wash
24 x 38½.in. (60.9 x 97.8cm.)
The East Indies: A Trompe l'Oeil including painted maps and engravings commemorating the Dutch East India Company's Captain Jean Jacques de Roy's voyages to Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Celebes, Gilolo and other neighbouring territories
pen, black ink and wash
24 x 38½.in. (60.9 x 97.8cm.)