Antique Map Java by Janssonius (c.1657)

Antique map Java by Janssonius titled ‘

INSULAE

IAVAE

Cum parte insularum

BORNEO SVMATRA.

et circumjacentium insularum

noviffima delineatio’.

A beautiful mid-17 th century sea chart of Java Island in old colour by the famous Dutch cartographer Jan Jansson also known as Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664) that was originally published in his five-volume sea atlas

Atlantis Majoris Quinta Pars Orbem Maritimum in 1657. One of three folio-sized maps of the three largest Indonesian islands in the atlas, the others being Sumatra and Borneo. This edition was published by Peter Schenk (1661-1711) and Gerard Valk, engravers and booksellers of Amsterdam, who acquired the copper plates of Jansson’s in

Atlantis Majoris 1694 and began to produce Jansson’s maps with their imprimatur;

Excellent condition with wide margins and a strong plate mark; measures 415 x 512 mm.

Artist: J. Janssonius

Year: c.1657