Kaart der Reyse van Abel Tasman volgens syn eygen opstel (Map showing the route taken by Abel Tasman)

Title
Kaart der Reyse van Abel Tasman volgens syn eygen opstel (Map showing the route taken by Abel Tasman)
Year/Period
1726
Region
Holland
Dimension
Image size: 31.3 x 47.6 cm,
Frame size: 47.2 x 63.5 cm
Accession No.
2016-00308

Francois Valentijn (1666–1727) was a minister, naturalist and writer who served the Dutch V.O.C. in the East Indies in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His monumental work Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East-India), published between 1724 and 1726, offers a comprehensive mapping of the East Indies with a large selection of scale maps and views. This map, which was published in that work, traces the route of Dutch explorer Abel Tasman from Mauritius, via Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand, to Batavia.