Full title: Insulae Moluccae celeberrimae sunt ob maximam aromatum copiam quam per totum terrarum orbem mittunt [cartographic material] / C. J. Visscher excudebat Anno 1617.

Author/creator: Doetichum, Jan van, active 1558-1601, Duetecum, Baptista, Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611, Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652, Plancius, Petrus, 1552-1622.

Date: 1617..

Call Numbers: SAFE/M2 470/1617/1

Record Identifier: 74VvARDOeQdM

Language: Latin

Formats: Maps

Contents: , 1 map : hand col. ; 36.7 x 53 cm. on sheet 44 x 57.5 cm.

Publishers: [Amsterdam] : C.J. Visscher, 1617.

Access: Supervised access only by appointment through the Manager of Information & Access.

Notes: "The Moluccas Islands are celebrated for the copious quantities of spices sent from there to all the world." 1 inch equals 47 Milliaria Germanica. Drawn by Plancius, this map was sometimes included in van Linschoten's Itinerario first published in Amsterdam 1595-96. There it was engraved by Ioannes and Baptista Doetechum, while the English translation of 1598 includes a close copy "imprinted at London by Iohn Wolfe, grauen by Robert Beckit". Plancius lists the Spicy Isles in the cartouche, and includes drawings of nutmeg, cloves, and sandalwood just under Timor and Nova Guinea. This 1617 copy signed by Visscher differs from the Plancius / Doetechum map in the Library of the University of Amsterdam only by the form of the text in the cartouche. The former is engraved, while the latter is set print. Exhibited in: Crux. Rare maps from the State Library of NSW.

Additional physical form availability note: Online image available via the State Library of NSW.

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvARDOeQdM

DDC: 915.985

MMS ID: 991013534179702626