Description

The double hemisphere map of the world, from Wolfgang Heydt's show case book about the VOC, Allerneuester Geographisch- und Topographischer Schau-Platz von Africa und Ost-Indien oder Ausführliche und Wahrhafte Vorstellung und Beschreibung von den Wichtigsten der Holländisch-Ost-Indischen Compagnie in Africa und Asia zugehörigen Ländere, Küsten und Insulten in accuraten See- und Land-Karten.

In his monumental book, Heydt describes the main factories, settlements and stations of the Dutch East India Company in Africa and Asia, at Batavia, Colombo, Malacca, the Molluccas, Japan, and the Cape.

The maps include this twin-hemisphere World map, the East Indies, Sri Lanka and others. The views include scenes and interiors at Batavia, Colombo, Malacca and the settlement at Deshima in Japan.

The book and the maps are of high importance, and very scarce.