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Plan of Ternate - (Dutch East Indies).
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Plan of Ternate - (Dutch East Indies).

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.

Date
1807
Mapmaker / publisher
Minto, Gilbert Elliot
Place
Indonesia
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
17,704 × 6,333 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Plan of Ternate - (Dutch East Indies)." (1807). Minto, Gilbert Elliot. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_Ternate_-_(Dutch_East_Indies)._LOC_2010588436.jpg

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