Schenk & Valk’s Map of the Bay of Bengal dictionaries Moluques et Philippines

Moluques et Philippines

The District company’s lines are shown in red

Vorst (1623-1676) was a librarian

This map of Central Europe is from the third edition of A Complete Course of Geography

with book label of GH Wyatt below

Schenk & Valk’s Map of the Bay of Bengal dictionaries Moluques et PhilippinesSinus Gangeticus; vulgo Golfo de Bengale nova descriptio This is a map of the Bay of Bengal with north oriented to the right. Petrus Schenk and Gerard Valk often worked in partnership, towards the end of the Dutch Golden Age, when the United Provinces still led Europe in the field of map making. Together they purchased the surviving copper printing plates of the famous Janssonius firm, among others, and reissued them under their own imprint. Condition