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Chart showing soundings in the river at Batavia

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Chart showing soundings in the river at Batavia

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title in the Leupe catalogue (National Archives): Kaart als voren, 'Chart as before', referring to the chart of VEL0388: Kaarten van gedane peilingen op de bank voor de Rivier.

Reference dates: October 5 and November 21.

Notes on reverse: Caarte van de Bank en kil voor de Bataviase Rivier en dies gedaane Peijling in dato 5. October anno 1717. [this text is repeated virtually identically, both on the left and right] / Behoort by de overgekomen brieven en papieren van Batavia 1718 2 deel / 970 [folio number in the binder ?] / No. 43 [serial number of the item in the binder ?] / 268 [in pencil].

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