[From the Cape of Good Hope to the Sunda Strait, annotated with tracks of the ship Diemermeer] [cartographic material] /

• Main Author: Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
• Other Authors: Graaff, Isaac de, 1667-1743.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: [1745]. 1745
• Subjects: Diemermeer (Ship) > Maps > Early works to 1800; Nautical charts > Indian Ocean > Early works to 1800; Nautical charts > East Indies > Early works to 1800; Indian Ocean > Historical geography > Maps > Early works to 1800; Western Australia > Historical geography > Maps > Early works to 1800; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie > Maps > Early works to 1800; East Indies > Maps > Early works to 1800; Indian; Sunda; Gunter; Narrow Passage; Amsterdam Island
• Online Access: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn4601455

Manuscript nautical chart on vellum in very good condition, hand coloured and produced by the VOC. This map covering the Indian Ocean outlines the basic topography a VOC ship needed to know to transverse from the South African Cape to safely reach the Sunda Strait, a narrow passage way between Sumat...