Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae
        
        Single sheet. Col. engr. Medium: 2 sheets of paper with central vertical join. Scale: [ca. 1:1 500 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Graduated for lat & long. Rhumbs. Scale in German miles and Gallician miles. No soundings. Additional Places: Maluku. Contents Note: Decorated with ships (Dutch and local) and sea creatures. Islands' vegetation and fortifications depicted. Figures bottom right, Inset: Bachian I. Inset cartouche has weapons and navigational instruments.
First published in Le Theatre du Monde, 1638-40.
      
    First published in Le Theatre du Monde, 1638-40.
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Object Details
| ID: | G258:8/2 | 
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps | 
| Type: | Chart | 
| Display location: | Not on display | 
| Creator: | Blaeu, Willem Jans Zoon | 
| Places: | Maluku | 
| Date made: | 1640; circa 1700; 1640 circa 1700 | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | 
| Measurements: | Printed area 37.5 x 48.5cm, on sheet 55 x 64.5cm. |