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This plate illustrates the several Dutch forts in the East Indies. These include Batavia (Jakarta), Amboina, Ternate and Solor. It was published in the fifth volume of the encyclopaedic atlas by Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) entitled ‘Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle Introduction a l’Histoire, a la Chronologie & a la Geographie’. It was issued from 1705 to 1720 in 7 volumes. Koeman II p. 33; Phillips 579; Shirley ‘Atlases in the BL’ T.Chat-1a; Van Waning ‘Chatelain’s Atlas Historique’ in IMCoS Journal 120 pp. 7-15.
CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham
Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes
Amsterdam, c.1715
375 x 440 mm., with recent wash colour, in good condition.
Stock number: 8617
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