Title
City plan of old Batavia
Year/Period
1660s
Region
Coromandel Coast, India or Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Frame size: 63.0 x 72.5 cm,
Image size: 40.5 x 50.2 cm
Image size: 40.5 x 50.2 cm
Accession No.
2016-00358
Collection of
This copper engraving illustrates a detailed city plan of Batavia (Jakarta), the Dutch capital of the Dutch East Indies. The map was from Clemendt de Jonghe, an important and well-known editor and seller of prints and maps in Amsterdam during the 1650s to 1670s.
