1721 – 1750 - Carte Particuliere de l'Isle d'Amboine by Anonymous carthographer

The Nutmeg Warehouse
Object: Map
Country (current geographical location): Indonesia
Map maker/ publisher: Anonymous
Map/ Book title: Carte Particuliere de l'Isle d'Amboine
Period: 1721-1750
Condition: Good
Technique: Copper engraving
Geographical specification: Ambon Island
Image size (H x W in cm): 20.5 x 29.5
Additional Information: The Nutmeg Warehouse
Printed area: 20.5 x 29.5 cm
Sheet: 24.8 x 34.2 cm

Condition: Good. Two worm holes to top margin but not impacting printed area.

The island of Ambon, part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, was described by the historian Vaxelaire as 'the bank vault of the East Indian ocean'; it was there that the nutmeg harvest of Indonesia was stored before being loaded onto ships headed for Europe via Batavia.

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