Illustrates 1740 Batavia Massacre of Chinese

"Afbeelding naar het Best Orgineel, van de Stad Batavia, en hoe het Verraad der Chineesen op de Zelve, door ede Europiaanen...",

This bird's-eye plan of the city and fortifications of Jakarta illustrates the 1740 Batavia massacre of Chinese residents by the Dutch East India Company. A detailed lettered and numbered key identifies the buildings and sites of importance. The layout includes fields, trees, and a compass rose, which orients the plan with north to the left. This engraving was published in Johannes Evelt's Omstandig en allernaeuwkeurigst verhaal van den oorsprong, begin, voorgang…van het…verraadt, gesmeedt tegen de Ed. Oost-indische Compagnie…door de Chineezen.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding on a sheet with a coat of arms watermark, some extraneous creasing, scattered foxing that is mostly confined to the blank margins. The edges of the sheet are chipped and soiled.