This copper-engraved view depicts the city of Malacca, with numerous ships sailing the Straits of Malacca. Valentyn was a prominent historian of the Dutch East India Company who is best known for Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien, his vast illustrated account of the Dutch trading empire in Asia. He twice traveled to the East Indies and served as Calvinist minister to Ambon between 1686 and 1694. In preparing this monumental work, he was given privileged access to the previously secret archives of the VOC, containing transcripts and copies of important earlier Dutch voyages. On two sheets, joined.

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Condition: A

Excellent impression and color on watermarked paper. Issued folding with two small worm holes in an unengraved area and one tiny worm hole along neatline at top.