India according to the Dutch East India Company

VALENTYN, François.

Nieuwe Kaart van Choromandel ende Malabar opgesteld door François Valentyn.
Dortrecht & Amsterdam: Jan van Braam & G. onder de Linden, 1724-6. 515 x 590mm.

A detailed map of southern India from Valentyn's 'Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien', an account of the Dutch East India Company.
Francois Valentyn (1666-1727) joined the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) aged 19, travelling to the East as a minister and chaplain. Normally the V.O.C. prevented their former employees from publishing details of the company, but by this stage their dealings were not as secret or as profitable as they had been. Valentyn published his account in eight volumes between 1724-26, dying the following year.


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