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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 94

Maps
Asia
Malaya - Malacca
1727 Le Detroit de Malacca, Dressee sur les memoires des plus savans Voyageurs modernes, by Pierre Vander Aa; 7½ x 12 inches, hand-coloured.

Copper engraving on laid paper. A finely executed map of the Straits of Malacca, which appeared in Pierre Vander Aa's monumental "La Galerie agreable du Monde ..." published in Leiden. The map shows Sumatra from Tanjong Goeree to Pulau Singkep and P. Lada (Langkawi) to the Straits of Singapore and Tanjung Pinang. The map provides both fine detail and the exquisite engraving style characteristic of Vander Aa's work.

Small repair in the upper left corner margin, minor stains in the right margin. The map is now quite rare on the market. Photo

Estimate
SG$300 to SG$400