Fort Holland Banda Indonesia, (Fort Nassau) by Bellin 1749
Title: Fort Hollandois De Lille De Banda.
Old print of Fort Nassau was the first Dutch fort built on Banda (or Bandaneira) Island, the main island of the Banda Islands, part of Maluku in Indonesia, completed in 1609. Its purpose was to control the trade in nutmeg, which at that time was only grown in the Banda Islands.
Mapmaker: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) Published for Antoine-François Prevost's monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published by Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 – 1780.
Size: Sheet app.: 18 x 16.5 cm. 7 x 6.5 inches. Image app.: 14.5 x 11.5 cm. 5.75 x 4.5 inches. Condition: very good folded map.
