Bertius, Petrus
1609

Antique map of the East Indies or Moluccas

Moluccae Insulae / Descriptio Moluccarum Inss.

DESCRIPTION: Interesting original miniature antique map of the Maluku Archipelago or Moluccas near the Banda Sea ca. 1609 by Petrus Bertius. Includes Sulawesi, Timor, Seram and numerous other islands in the Malaku province of Indonesia.

Petrus Bertius (1565 – 1629)


Cartographer, theologian, historian, and geographer Petrus Bertius was born in Beveren-aan-de-Ijzer, a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The village is located near the border with France.

The son of Flemish preacher, Pieter Bardt, Bertius was related by marriage to cartographers Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere. Petrus Bertius studied at the University of Leiden and later traveled in Germany and Russia. In 1620 he emigrated to France and he was appointed as a cosmographer to the Court of Louis XIII.

CREATOR: Bertius, Petrus

PUBLICATION DATE: 1609

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Asia

BODY OF WATER: Banda Sea

CONDITION: Good.  Latin text on verso.

COLORING: Old hand coloring.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 5 " x 4 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 6

PRICE: $190

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