Plan of the road and city of Batavia on the north coast of Java Island

infoKeulen, Gerard van; 1790

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Map of the Batavia (Jakarta) Bay roadstead, a body of water sheltered from tides/currents, for ships to anchor. The web of lines is a rhumbline network, the numbers indicate sea depth (bathymetry), and there are written notes, all to aid navigation.

Details
Date
1790
Map Maker
Keulen, Gerard van
Printer/Publisher
Robert Sayer
Publication Location
London
Attributes

Compass Rose

Longitude and Latitude

Rhumbline Network

Scale

Insets

Inset Map

Illustration

Features

Military Fort

Crops

Plantation/Forestry Area

Pier

Port

River

Canal

Road

Bathymetry

Maritime Route

Civic/Metropolitan Border

Mountain/Volcano

Wetlands

Reef

Shoal

Library Catalogue

Title
Plan of the road and city of Batavia on the north coast of Java Island
Author/creator
Keulen, Gerard van (1678-1726)
Subject (topical)
Maps (documents); 74.21 geography of Asia
Country
United Kingdom
Date issued
2018 
Language
English
Extent
electronic resource
Note
by Gerard van Keulen, with improvements & corrections from Captn. H. Smedley.<br>Scale stick = Three nautic miles.
Subject (geographic)
Jakarta (city); Indonesia
Part of
The city of Batavia and its district
Published
Londen: printed for Robert Sayer, Fleet street, as the Act directs, June 1st. 1790, 1790
Shelfmark
COLLBN Port 57 N 56
Persistent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:2013688

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