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HERITAGE ART COLLECTION The Green Collective Catalogue

In this catalogue you will nd our framed maps of Southeast Asia and Singapore. Contact us for custom sizes and framing options. 1)

Spice Islands Map ~ Year 1596

Indochinese Peninsula ~ Year 1687

Southeast Asia English Map ~ Year 1720

Indian Ocean Sea Chart ~ Year 1680

Singapore Sea Chart ~ Year 1755

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1) Spice Islands Map 2) Indochinese Peninsula Map

3) Southeast Asia English Map

5) Singapore Sea Chart

4) Indian Ocean Sea Chart

1) Spice Islands Map ~ Year 1596

Spice Islands Map ~ Year 1596 ~ Description, The famous "Spice Map," covering the Philippines and Maritime Southeast Asia, including the famed Spice Islands of Indonesia, originally published by Petrus Plancius in the year 1596. Plancius based his map on covertlyobtained Portuguese manuscript charts. The map is a vast improvement over previously printed maps of the region, with most of the islands welldelineated, well-placed, and correctly named. The map is densely engraved with detail and cartographic decoration. Each island is thickly blanketed with toponyms. Some of the place names have were communicated to the mapmaker via Portuguese materials, but others were from earlier sources. For example, Beach in the lower southwest corner stems from Marco Polo. New Guinea and the islands to the east are un nished, with open coastlines to the south. This re ected the state of knowledge at the time, and the hypothesis that they might connect to a large southern continent. While extraordinarily well-formed for the time, there are a few oddities in the map that have to do with it being a still little-known, to the Dutch, area. Palawan is confused with the Calamianes. The west coast of New Guinea is separated and shown as the island of Seram (Ceiram), which also has the Guinean port of Canam. This last detail would be repeated in later maps, such as those by Linschoten and Rossi. In the seas, rhumb lines criss-cross the water, suggesting possible navigation. This navigational theme is echoed in the sailing ships that are in seas too. Beware, however, as there are many sea monsters dotting the map as well. A massive compass rose is a distinctive feature, as are the detailed strapwork cartouches housing the title, scale bars, and publication information.

In addition to the map's importance as an iconic illustration of the opening of the spice trade to Dutch traders, this map served as the model for Jodocus Hondius's Philippinae Insulae, the rst printed map of the Philippine Islands.

This map is known as the “Spice Map” for its illustration of nutmeg, clove, and sandalwood included along the bottom of the map. The map was published as a means of promoting the commercial importance and viability of prospective Dutch voyages to the Spice Islands. Trade with the Indian subcontinent and the East Indies was a central focus for the Dutch when the map was made. The Moluccas, just west of Papua, were of importance for they were the vaunted Spice Islands, originally the only source in the world for nutmeg, mace, and cloves. The Portuguese were the rst Europeans to gain power in the East Indies, trading for spices in the Moluccas and controlling the spice market in Europe.

The Dutch wanted in on the lucrative trade, but they also had to contend with the Portuguese. The rst Dutch expedition, led by Cornelis de Houtman in 1595—the year after this map was published—avoided India, the Strait of Malacca, and the Moluccas—Portuguese strongholds—in favor of the Sunda Strait. The Dutch set up their trade centers on the island of Java, at Bantam and, later, Batavia. After Houtman, the second Dutch expedition (1598-1600) quickly set sail for the East Indies. It was followed by ve others. In 1602, the most powerful of these merchants and the Dutch government, the States General, created the Dutch East India Company (VOC), a monopoly to control the East Indies trade.

Two close up images of the map

2) Indochinese Peninsula Map ~ Year 1687

Indochinese Peninsula Map ~ Year 1687 ~ Description, A historically important map of Southeast Asia, by Nolin and Coronelli, issued immediately prior to the Siamese Revolution of 1688, which henceforth restricted European activities in the kingdom. The present work is an important map of Southeast Asia, extending from the southern part of the Indochinese Peninsula through Malaya, to the northern coastline of Java and the eastern part of Borneo. The map is lled with information including extensive soundings along coastlines and historical notations. The adornment of the map with a large elephant, making up the title cartouche, makes this map a favourite among collectors. The cartographic detail on the map is groundbreaking, especially with respect to southern Siam. Its depiction of the region was by far the most accurate made to date, and would remain so for over a century thereafter. It is the result of France’s rst embassy to Southeast Asia in 1685, which was led by the Chevalier de Chaumont in the company of six Jesuit fathers. The route of their embassy is noted on the map. At the time, Siam was experiencing the ‘golden age’ of the Ayutthaya Period (1351-1767). The capital city of Ayutthaya, located further up the Chao Praya River from modern Bangkok (noted on the map as ‘Fortresse de Bankok’), is thought to have been the world’s largest city at time, with over 1 million residents. Ayutthaya is noted on the map as “Judtija”, seemingly a phonetic interpretation of the true name. Siam was rst visited by Europeans in 1511, when Duarte Fernandes led a Portuguese embassy to Ayutthaya. While Siam was never formally colonized or claimed by a European power, as shown on the map, the French and Dutch had set up trading posts and Christian missions along the Chao Praya estuary. Brisk business was also done by European commercial agents in Ayutthaya itself.

However, shortly after Chaumont’s embassy, there was intense popular uprising against the growing foreign presence in Siam. King Narai of Siam even went as far as to make a Greek adventurer, Constantine Phaulkon, his de facto prime minister. This was all too much for Siamese of cials and nationalists.

In what became know as the Siamese Revolution of 1688, forces loyal to the Mandarin Phetracha overthrew Narai’s government. Phetracha ascended to the throne and immediately expelled the French from Siam, while severely limiting the activities of the Dutch and other foreigners. This ensured that following the publication of the present map very little new European mapping was executed in Siam during the 18th-century. The present map was a product of the collaboration between Jean-Baptiste Nolin (1657-1708), who was one of the of cial mapmakers to the King Louis XIV, and Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1715), a Venetian master who had been invited to Paris by the King to undertake cartographic projects, including the construction of the colossal ‘Marly Globes’. The result of this collaboration was the most up to date and detailed contemporary maps of many parts of the World, at a time when France assumed a leading role in the exploration of America and Asia.

The Nolin-Coronelli mapping of Southeast Asia would become the standard for many decades after the creation of this map, and is a cornerstone of any collection of maps of Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.

Two close up images of the map

3) Southeast Asia English Map ~ Year 1720

Southeast Asia English Map ~ Year 1720 ~ Description, Detailed large format map of India and Southeast Asia, including China and the Philippines, one of the most decorative and sought after maps of the region originally published in the 18th Century and the rst large scale map of the region published in England. The present map depicts the East Indies from the Persian border to New Guinea and the southern part of Japan, including India, Ceylon, Southeast Asia, most of China, present Indonesia, the Philippines, etc. It is augmented by insets featuring a plan of Bantam (a major port in Dutch-controlled Java); a view of Goa (the principal Portuguese base in India); a view of Surat (an English trading post in India); a plan of Madras, India (a major English base); as well as a plan of Batavia (the capital of the Dutch East Indies, today known as Jakarta). Richly annotated, the map illustrates the extent of European in uence and trade, at the height of colonial in uence throughout this critical region.

Importantly, the map was the most popular and authoritative general cartographic representation of South and East Asia published during this period when the activities of the East India Company (EEC) had risen to the forefront of the economic life of the British Empire. The EEC, whose arms appear in the far right of the map, was a private syndicate that was granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600, that henceforth allowed it a monopoly on all English trade with the East Indies.

Two close up images of the map

4) Indian Ocean Sea Chart ~ Year 1680

Indian Ocean Sea Chart - Year 1680 ~ Description, One of the most attractive Dutch sea charts focusing on Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Indian Ocean, intended for use at sea by the mariners of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It orriginally appeared in Van Keulen's rare Maritime Atlas in the year 1680 in Amsterdam, and is one of the best and most important working charts of the Dutch Golden age. The map is decorated with compass roses, horizontal and vertical graticules and rhumblines, an elephant, dolphins and galleons. Two decorative gurative cartouches show European traders. The chart stretches from the coast of Africa to New Guinea, and from North to South, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, the Philippines to Australia. The depiction of Australia is in the classical post-Tasman con guration, depicting the state of exploration in the region up to 1680. Van Keulen family and Dutch chart making, The Dutch produced a remarkable number of enterprising and proli c map and chart makers but not even the Blaeu and Jansson establishments could rival the vigour of the van Keulen family whose business was founded in 1680 and continued under their name until 1823 and in other names until 1885 when it was from wound up and the stock dispersed at auction. Throughout the history of the family, the widows several of the van Keulen's played a major part, after their husbands' deaths, in maintaining the continuity of the business. The rm was founded by Johannes van Keulen who was registered as a bookseller in Amsterdam in 1678. In 1680 he published the rst part of his 'Zee Atlas' which, over the years, was expanded to 5 volumes and continued in one form or another until 1734. More ambitious and with a far longer and more complicated life was his book of sea charts, the 'Zee-Fakkel', rst published in 1681–82, which was still being printed round the year 1800. A major in uence in the development of the rm was the acquisition in 1693 of the stock of a rival map publisher, Hendrik Doncker.

Although the rm was founded by Johannes van Keulen, he was primarily a publisher; it was his son, Gerard, a talented engraver, mathematician, Hydrographer to the East India Company, who became the mainspring of the business which not only published charts but also books on every aspect of geography, navigation and nautical matters.

Two close up images of the map

5) Singapore Sea Chart ~ Year 1755

Decorative Navigational Chart of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, originally published almost 300 years ago in Paris, France. This attractive early sea chart shows the southern part of Malaysia, the island of Singapore and the eastern part of Sumatra. This chart was created by the greatest French hydrographer of the eighteenth century, Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, and rst appeared in 1755. The chart contains several illustrated pro le views of land as seen from the straits. These views are centred at the top of the chart, providing important context for original viewers and adding to the chart’s visual interest today. The illustrations are notated with their place names and navigation directions from known landmarks, making their locations easily traceable on the chart. The Malaysian coastline on this chart is extraordinarily detailed, a testament to the diligence of Bellin and his fellow cartographers at the Dépôt de la Marine (French Hydrographic Of ce.) The seal of the French Hydrographic Of ce can be seen at the bottom right, consisting of an anchor surrounded by three eurs de lis. The cartouche located at the bottom left includes several lovely botanical illustrations. Included in the cartouche is a note that the map has been drawn from the records and manuscript map of “Sr. Dauge, Pilote du Service de la Compagnie des Indes,” a ship captain in service to the Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes Orientales (also known as the French East India Company) who had travelled through the region. Rhumblines (lines of constant compass bearings) and water depth soundings are included throughout this chart marking its purpose as a navigational tool. The chart is bordered by neat longitude and latitude scales. Separate longitude scales are included for major prime meridians, including London, the island of Tenerife, Cap Lezard (Lizard Point, Cornwall), and l’Isle de Fer (El Herrio) in the Canaries. Several annotations provide crucial navigational information. South of “Pulo ou Isle Panjang” (Malay for “Long Island,” modern-day Singapore), Bellin warns there are “a large number of small islands whose location is unknown.” Other annotations include two “sandbanks to be wary of” in the Malacca Strait, and a warning that “all the islands” south of the Governor’s Strait “seem to make one large land.”

Navigating through the Strait of Malacca and past Singapore was a treacherous endeavour in the eighteenth century, and this chart and its accompanying atlas would have been the prized possession of any sailing vessel attempting this journey.

Two close up images of the map