An uncommon map showing the Banda Islands, part of the important Spice Islands of Indonesia. Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Banda Islands were the only source of the spices nutmeg and mace. Controlling production of these fine spices was a major motivation for the Dutch conquest of the islands in the 1621. The map shows the plantations, settlements, and an erupting volcano.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding with a few spots of foxing and faint offsetting. There is hinge tape along the top sheet edge on recto.