The First Modern Scientific Journal Printed in Asia - Batavia (Jakarta) 1779 - "Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Wetenschappen" Book "Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap

"Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Wetenschappen"

a compass rose and a depiction of the Island

" This engraving shows Pizarro appealing to the dignitaries in the royal court and symbolically

-8 page - Folio (2 folded sheets) - Complete

Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750) was born in Kyoto where he lived and worked for his whole life

The First Modern Scientific Journal Printed in Asia - Batavia (Jakarta) 1779 - "Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Wetenschappen" Book "Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap"Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Konsten en Wetenschappen" "Transactions of the Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences" "Eerste Deel" First Volume Printed in Batavia by the [Dutch East Indian] Company's Printer by Egbert Heemen 1779 Bound in Early wrappers. Collation TP, 70, 5 357, 30, [4] Missing pages 1 4 (an account of early European colonisation of Jakarta), otherwise complete. This fascinating book is volume one of the first