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Auction 183, Lot 484

"Vue et Description de Surate et de Batavia", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Indonesia & India

Period: 1708 (published)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.4 x 14.2 inches
21.3 x 36.1 cm
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Attractive sheet with a harbor and town view of Surate on the northwest coast of India, and a bird's-eye city plan of Batavia (Jakarta) present-day capital of Indonesia. Surate was the first English trading post in India and was known as a gold and textile center. Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indian trading empire during the period when the Dutch dominated trade from the famous Spice Islands.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with an "IV" watermark, a chip at top left, and light toning and foxing along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $110

Closed on 6/9/2021

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