Between 1724 and 1726, Dutch historian, Francois Valentyn produced an eight-volume history of the East Indies entitled Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien. The work was published in Amsterdam by Gerard Onder de Linden and Joannes van Bram. The present map is from the second part of the work, published in 1726 which covered the islands of Amboina, Banda, Timor, Solor, the Celebes, Borneo and Bali. -- Dealer's description.