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Map Plan of Ternate : [Dutch East Indies]

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Title

  • Plan of Ternate : [Dutch East Indies]

Names

  • Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 1751-1814

Created / Published

  • [1807?]

Headings

  • -  Ternate (Indonesia)--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Indonesia--Ternate--Maps
  • -  Indonesia--Ternate

Genre

  • Topographic maps
  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Ms. topographic map of the town of Ternate (on Ternate Island, Dutch East Indies) showing streets, roads, fortifications, beaches, and gates across roads. Does not cover entire Ternate Island.
  • -  Shows British flag in "Fort Orange".
  • -  Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Watermark: Crown over unidentified escutcheon dated [1807?-date unclear, accompanying wording unclear].
  • -  One of the ms. maps of the Indonesian archipelago formerly in the possession of Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, and Governor General of India, 1807-1814.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Manuscript: Pen-and-ink and watercolors (gray, light blue, and red outlines of fortifications).
  • -  Sheet halved and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Includes bar "Scale of 200 Dutch roods".
  • -  Filed in the Minto Collection drawer--G8090 area of vault maps.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; on sheet 53 x 149 cm., folded to 53 x 75 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8074.T45 1807 .P5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010588436

Online Format

  • image

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