[MANUSCRIPT MAP] Zeereize in den omtrek van Crimon Java gema

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[MANUSCRIPT MAP.] Zeereize in den omtrek van Crimon Java gemaakt en opgenomen in't Jaar 1812 door G: Tibbe Lid van de Oostimdische Rekenkamer en Verwalter van het Magazyn te Batavia. Ink and watercolor on wove paper. 13 3/4x18 inches sheet size; overall browned with some foxing, few repaired marginal tears. [Batavia?, 1816]

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A very well executed manuscript map of Crimon Java, a group of islands in the Java Sea "a stone's throw" from the main island in Javanese. Text and island names in Dutch; the track of an 1812 voyage by G. Tibbe is drawn passing through the westernmost group of islands. A signature in lower right corner reads: "Getekend door B.Tibbe Ingenieur, den 29. August 1816."