malacca (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 533 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x1.34 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 16 (printed recto only). Ex Foreign and Commonwealth Office library with their label and stamps (lightly applied) rebound from the original paperback / pamphlet in boards, preserving the original wraps as the hardbound covers. Very good.

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8° (11x19 cm). Sonderdruck/offprint aus A.G.E. S. 129-135 (=6 pages). Broschur / plain wrappers stiched. Sehr gut erhalten / in very good condition. Rare. (#9593AB).

6 Ansichten auf 3 Blättern. Stahlstiche nach Sainson, um 1835, je etwa 9x12,5 cm (Stadtansichten / Malaysia / Indonesien).

Kupferstich aus Schwabe, Allgem. Historie der Reisen, 1751, 19,5 x 15 (H).

Kupferstich v. Schley n. Bellin, 1753, 19,5 x 15 (H).

Very good. Some marginal spots. Size 7.25 x 10 Inches. This is Girolamo Ruscelli's 1561 / 1574 map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia, considered to be among the earliest maps of Southeast Asia. Although based on Giacomo Gastaldi's 1548 map of the same title, it is roughly twice the size and better engraved. An Unknown Land This map represents an early and necessarily flawed look at newly discovered lands. Suarez, in his Early Mapping of Southeast Asia , manages his readers' expectations: To view the three Gastaldi maps (of Asia), one must first erase from one's mind any image whatsoever of what the Philippine or Micronesian islands 'look' like; only then can one sympathize with the chaos of these Pacific incunabula. The Scope The region mapped spans from the Ganges Delta to Southern China (Canton is labeled). Bengal, Burma (Berma), Pegu, and Cambodia (Camboia) are named. The Malay Peninsula, Malacca, Sumatra, and Java are clearly noted. To the east, the first glimpses of the Philippines and the Spice Islands are recorded. The island of Ambon, visited by Antonio de Abreu in 1512, was among the targets inspiring Magellan's 1519 circumnavigation. Magellan's Philippines The map reflects a heavy reliance on data from Magellan's voyage, which had returned in 1522 - albeit without Magellan himself, who was killed in the Battle of Mactan the year before. The island of Magellan's first landfall in the Philippines is shown: Aguada ( Homonhón in the first accounts of Magellan's voyage). Fateful Mactan ( Mata ) is also illustrated. Mindanao appears as Mendana . The map also incorporates other sources, most evident in the comparatively accurate representations of Palawan (Polaguan) and the volcanic island of Gunung Api (Ocape). This information cannot have come from Magellanic reports but likely was known to Gastaldi from other, now unknown, Portuguese sources. Publication History and Census This map was engraved by Giulio Sanuto for inclusion in the 1561 first Ruscelli edition of Claudius Ptolemy's La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo . The maps of this work were engraved two-to-a-plate, and consequently, the platemark ran off the edge of the sheet at the top. This characterizes the maps of the Latin-text editions of 1562 and 1564 as well. For the 1574 edition, the plates were cut, and maps of that edition and later exhibit a platemark all the way around. The present example corresponds to the Italian 1574 edition, both in terms of the state of the map and the typography of the verso. There are eleven separate examples of this map listed in OCLC in various editions. Ruscelli's Ptolemy is well represented in institutional collections. References: OCLC 165561277. Rumsey 11311.119 (1561 Italian) Suarez, Thomas, Early mapping of Southeast Asia, (Hong Kong: Periplus) pp. 130-157.

Good. Full professional restoration. Mounted on linen. Area of infill reinstatement to upper left corner of border. Soiling. Some manuscript notations. Size 24.25 x 37.75 Inches. This 1851 nautical chart or maritime map of the Strait of Singapore and the southern part of the Malacca Strait is considered James Horsburgh's most desirable chart. Made for the British East India Company, this is one of the first charts to accurately map these heavily trafficked but treacherous straits. A Closer Look The chart covers the Malay peninsula roughly from Penang (Prince of Wales Island) to the island of Singapore and from the Sumatran coast to the China Sea. It features 16 profile views and countless depth soundings, especially around the dangerous southern part of the Malacca Strait in the vicinity of Singapore. Horsburgh's Sources The basic cartography can be traced to Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette's map of 1745 and Thomas Jefferys' map of 1794. Some of the hydrography is based upon Horsburgh's own survey work completed between 1790 and 1806. It also includes the work of other cartographers and navigators collected and compiled by Horsburgh. The coastlines and soundings on the Sumatra side of the Strait are based upon the soundings of the Bombay Marines Lieutenants W. Rose and Robert Moresby. The Strait of Singapore is based on the government surveys of John Turnbull Thomson. The Malay side of the Malacca Strait benefits from soundings completed by Lieutenant C. V. Ward of the Indian Navy. This Edition - Why it is important The present edition exhibits updates by to 1851. The chart was reissued with more extensive updates in 1857, including a more detailed depiction of the banks and shoals to the west of Singapore in the Malacca Strait. Some of the updates that were committed to print in 1857 are present in the manuscript on this example (Compare with Geographicus singapore-horsburgh-1857.) This suggests that the present chart was either updated by a mariner c. 1857 or used to record new soundings. Singapore - Historical Context As this map went to press, Singapore was becoming increasingly prosperous and increasingly dangerous. Convict transports through the Straits of Singapore to penal colonies were blamed for street gangs, criminal secret societies, and other violence. At the same time, relations between the merchant and governing classes became tense. The Straits Settlements Governor at the time, William John Butterworth, was nicknamed 'Butterpot the Great' by angry merchants who blamed him for corrupt officials and inept civic management. Also, word of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 came to Singapore, leading to fears that the large Indian convict population would revolt there as well. This led to a general panic that had long-term ramifications for the Indian population of Singapore and the Straits Settlements in general. Publication History and Census This map was compiled by James Horsburgh. It was engraved on behalf of the British Admiralty Office in 1857. Horsburgh first published this chart in 1826, and it was updated in 1844, 1847, 1851, and 1857. All examples and editions are extremely scarce and desirable. References: OCLC 19000709. Durand, F., and Curtis, Richard Dato', Map of Malaya and Borneo: Discovery, Statehood and Progress, #68.

Very good. Size 8 x 12.5 Inches. This is a rare c. 1845 chromolithograph of a rural scene in the early days of British Singapore by Barthélémy Lauvergne, one of the resident artists on the Bonite Expedition (1836 - 1837), a French scientific and diplomatic circumnavigation. A Closer Look This view depicts a small village on the island of Singapore, which, according to the title, was located near the Strait of Malacca. Lauvergne's sketch was drawn on the island's west side, closest to the Strait. A bucolic scene presents a grouping of thatched-roof buildings in the foreground as well as on the hill in the background. Oxen amble in the foreground, while birds fly overheard. Human figures appear throughout and a religious structure stands to the left in the foreground. The large plant to the right in the foreground emphasizes the scientific nature of the Bonite Expedition and its contributions to botanical knowledge. The Bonite Expedition The French ship La Bonite undertook a voyage of scientific and geographic exploration in 1836 - 1837. Led by Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (1793 - 1858), the voyage circumnavigated the globe, en route disembarking diplomats at various posts. Along the way, important observations were made that contributed to several fields, especially botany and zoology. A large account of the voyage was written upon the ship's return and divided into thematic volumes, including an album of drawings by the ship's artists, The?odore Auguste Fisquet and Barthélémy Lauvergne. The scientific expedition arrived in Singapore on February 17, 1837, and stayed through February 23. It is safe to assume that Lauvergne sketched this view during the expedition's brief stay. The Early Days of British Singapore Stamford Raffles founded Singapore as a British colony in 1819, looking for a site to challenge the Dutch, who had a colony at Melaka from which they threatened to dominate the Straits of Malacca. Finding a sparsely populated but strategically located island at the end of the Malay Peninsula with a natural deep harbor and ready supply of fresh water, Raffles intervened in a factional struggle in the Sultanate of Johor, which nominally controlled the island, supporting one faction in exchange for being granted the island. Raffles then made the critical decision to set Singapore up as a free port. From the beginning, Singapore witnessed rapid growth and high volume as a port, as well as the presence of a diverse set of cultures, including local Bugis and other Malays, Arab traders, ethnically Chinese (Peranakan) merchants, Indian traders and soldiers, Armenians, Parsis, Baghdadi Jews, and others. Publication History and Census This view was originally drawn by Barthélemy Lauvergne in 1837 and was published several years later as Plate No. 74 (of 100) in the Album Historique , a collection of maps and views prepared to accompany Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's Voyage Autour du Monde exe?cute? pendant les anne?es 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite. . It was lithographed by Louis Bichebois with V. Adam, edited by Arthus Bertrand, and printed by the firm Lemercier, Benard et Cie. This view is very scarce to the market and is only independently cataloged in the holdings of the National Library of Australia and the National Library Board of Singapore, while the entire Album historique is cataloged in a small handful of European libraries. References: OCLC 221645062, 1040059885.