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A collection of small charts of sea-ports and coasts of islands, chiefly in South America and in the Indian archipelago, 17th century

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The sketches are done in Indian ink; the outlines are roughly drawn with the pen.

Fol. 31 contains the only chart which is described in Dutch; all the rest have a few words in English written by an English hand.

  1. (fols. 1, 2) 1. Outline of the island, town, and bay of Bachan, in the Moluccas.
  2. (fol. 3) 2.Island of Ternate, in the Moluccas, as seen from the sea.
  3. (fol. 4) 3. Outline of the town of Gama-lama in Ternate.
  4. (fol. 5) 4. Plan of the Spaniards’ fort at Gama-lama.
  5. (fol. 6) 5. Outlines of the island of St. Helena, and of the isles of St. George, Pybo (Pico), Fayal, Flores, and Gratiosa in the Azores, as seen from the sea.
  6. (fols. 7, 8) 6. Outline of the Praya in the island of S. Jago, one of the Cape Verd islands, and sketch of the town of S. Jago.
  7. (fol. 10) 7. Outline of the island of St. Thomas in the gulf of Guinea.
  8. (fol. 10) 8. Outline of the road of the island of Annobon, also in the gulf of Guinea.
  9. (fols. 11-12) 9. Outline of the forts, and sketch of Nassau-fort, on the island of Nera, one of the Banda islands.
  10. (fol. 13) 10. Sketch of the bay and fort of the island of Sohor in the Indian archipelago.
  11. (fol. 14) 11. Outline of the island of Baly in the same archipelago.
  12. (fol. 15) 12. Sketch of the Banda islands of Nera, [Great Banda], and Gunnanappi, etc.
  13. (fol. 16) 13. Part of the coast-line of New Guinea, showing also the island of Jilolo [Gilolo].
  14. (fol. 17) 14. Sketch of the south coast-line of Tierra del Fuego, showing also various islands in the archipelago.
  15. (fol. 18) 15. Outline of the Straits of Magellan and Le Maire, with the coast-line of Chili.
  16. (fol. 18) 16. Outline of the coast-line of New Guinea, with the island of Jilolo.
  17. (fols. 19-22) 17. Sketches of Penang or Arecha nuts, of the tamarindtree, of the banana and cocoa-nut trees, of the "crocus Indicus" and cubeb plants, of the Penang nut-tree, of the "semánka," pine-apple, and "seeree or béttele".
  18. (fols. 23, 24) 18. Two outline sketches of Lapland, with the river Cola, and the situation of various villages.
  19. (fol. 25) 19. Sketch of Aden as seen from the sea.
  20. (fol. 26) 20. Outline of the river entrance to Acheen, in Sumatra.
  21. (fol. 27) 21. Sketch of the bay of Borneo.
  22. (fol. 28) 22. Sketch of the bay of Bantam in Java.
  23. (fol. 29) 23. Sketch of the town of Macao in China as seen from the sea.
  24. (fol. 30) 24. Sketch of the mouth of the Chin-cheu river in China, showing the situation of Amoy, Quemoy, and various islands and other towns.
  25. (fol. 31) 25. "Pascaert van de zeecust van bysuyen Callao de Lima to bynoorden de Bayachter de Piscadores".
  26. (fol. 32) 26. Outline of the town and harbour of Guarme in Peru.
  27. (fol. 33) 27. An outline possibly connected with the town and harbour of Guarme in Peru, but only marked with the word "Quintero".
  28. (fol. 34) 28. Sketch of Concepcion Bay in Chili.
  29. (fol. 35) 29. The harbour of Valparaiso: "Val Parysa, the haven of St. Jago 18m within land and chiefe city of Chili".
  30. (fols. 36, 37) 30. Two outlines of Callao.
  31. (fol. 38) 31. Sketch of "Payata," or Payta, on the coast of Peru.
  32. (fol. 39) 32. Sketch of the island of Santa Maria off the coast of Chili.
  33. (fols. 40, 41) 33. Sketches of the islands of Puna and Santa Clara in the gulf of Guayaquil, in Ecuador.
  34. (fols. 42, 43) 34. Sketches of the town and harbour of "Aquapolque," or Acapulco, in Mexico, as seen from the sea.
  35. (fol. 44) 35. Sketch of La Mocha, an island off the coast of Chili.
  36. (fol. 45) 36. Outline of the southern and northern coast-lines of S. America from above Rio de la Plata on the S., and from Coquimbo in Chili on the N., to Tierra del Fuego.
  37. (fol. 46) 37. Sketch of the Strait of Magellan.

Dates

  • Creation: 17th century

Extent

46 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Dutch; Flemish

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 813

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