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Het Eiland Java: zoo als het sederd de tyden der Portugysen by de Ed. Oost-Indize maatschappye bekend geworden en bevaren is

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Published in the early 18th century by the Dutch publisher Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733), this map of Java and the Java Sea is decorated with a colourful painted scene of merchants and boats at a trading port.

Les Îles Moluques, tres exactement representées selon les plus nouvelles Observations des meilleurs Geographes

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A map of a small island chain off the west coast of the island of Gilola (modern Halmahera in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia). The military forts on the islands were used by the European colonial powers during conflicts over the area’s spice trade.

De Moluccos en andere Speceri-Eilanden in d'Oost-Indien

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Map of the ‘Spice Islands’ of maritime Southeast Asia, including the Maluku Islands. It is decorated with a drawing of an Asian man holding a large bird and a spear, and surrounded by baskets and boxes of goods of the spice trade.

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