Map of Batavia

Anoniem / Anonymous / Berckenrode, Frans Florisz van

Map of Batavia with North to the left.

Much of the paint has been worn away.

Above left, a coat of arms, below right the key.

This is one of the earliest maps of Batavia still extant.

Please contact Westfries Museum for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Jakarta

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Berckenrode, Frans Florisz van (copied after)

Period

1627

Material

canvas

Technique

oil

Kind

painting

Dimension

172 x 316 cm172 x 316 cm

Number

02020

Owner

Westfries Museum

Inscription

Afbeelding van het Casteel en stadt Batavia voorneemste Colonie van de geoctrooyerde Oost-Indische Compagnie der Vereenichde Nederlanden ghelegen in't gheconquesteerde Koningkryck Iacatra, op 't eyland Groot-Iava [...] E. Heer Gouverneur Generael Ian Pieters Coen, inden Iaere 1619 ende tzedert pro. February 1623 by den E.H. Gouvern:r Gererael Pieter den Carpentier vervolght, versterckt, aengebouwt, ende in deser form den eersten October anno 1627 wederom aen ghemelden E. Heer Generael Coen geresigneert.

Sources and literature

Zandvliet, K., Mapping for Money: Maps, plans and topographic paintings and their role in Dutch overseas expansion during the 16th and (1998)