Langenes' Miniature Map of the Maluku Islands Printed Area Measurement_53.5 x 46.5 cm The work of the two

The work of the two firms represents Dutch map-making of the highest quality at a time when the Low Countries were at the forefront of the international market

This map of Northern Scotland is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri

Sent to Mrs Beckham in Cheltenham by her daughter

appeared in 1722

This map of Scandinavia is from Wyld's New General Atlas

Langenes' Miniature Map of the Maluku Islands Printed Area Measurement_53.5 x 46.5 cm The work of the twoMoluccae 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