Land map of the Cust of MALABAER, MADURA and CORMENDEL, Jacob van Meurs, 1682

In 1655 the dutch east india company (voc) sent a delegation to peking to plead for trade privileges from the chinese emperor. The delegation was accompanied by johan nieuhof who wrote down everything that happened during the journey. After his return to the netherlands nieuhoff published his richly illustrated travel journal. This map of the coast of india and ceylon was included in the travel journal. Object Type: map. Date: 1682. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: 28 x 36 cm. Medium: copper engraving print. Collection: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B13 017-Landt-caert vande Cust van MALABAER, MADURA en CORMENDEL