Langenes' Miniature Map of the Maluku Islands Printed Area Measurement_53.5 x 46.5 cm Sent to Mrs Beckham in

Sent to Mrs Beckham in Cheltenham by her daughter

Further to the northwest

smaller towns appeared in detail for the first time

with critical observations on their works [

Langenes' Miniature Map of the Maluku Islands Printed Area Measurement_53.5 x 46.5 cm Sent to Mrs Beckham inMoluccae Insulae This map shows the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas), part of the volcanic Indonesian archipelago known to contemporary Europeans as the spice islands. They were the focus of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and English attempts to control the lucrative spice trade. The map was engraved by Jodocus Hondius or Pieter van den Keere for the 'Caert thresoor', a miniature atlas first published in 1598. From 1600 it was also used in the earlier