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Wie die Statt Bantam gelegen

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Old Banten. Banten (Java - Indonesia). ("Wie die Statt Bantam gelegen"). Orig. copper-engraving  by J. T. de Bry, published by M. Becker in Frankfurt a. Main, 1599. With German title on verso of the previous leaf. 15:25 cm.

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Bry, Johann Theodor de

Becker, Matthias

Frankfurt am Main

1599

Old Banten. Banten (Java - Indonesia). ("Wie die Statt Bantam gelegen"). Orig. copper-engraving  by J. T. de Bry based on J. H. van Linschoten's travels to the Far East. Published by M. Becker in Frankfurt a. Main, 1599. With German title on verso of the previous leaf and many ships in the foreground. 15:25 cm (6 x 10 inch.).

A depiction of Dutch fleet near the city of Banten on the island of Java, Indonesia. Old Banten is nowadays an archaeological site in the northern coast of Serang Regency, Banten, Indonesia. Located 11 km north of Serang city, the site of Old Banten contains the ruin of the walled port city of Banten, the 16th-century capital of the Sultanate of Banten. - From de Bry's Orientalische Indien (Kleine Reisen - German ed. of his Petit Voyages). - Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) was an engraver and publisher.


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