698 - Unknown (18th), View of the Bacan Islands, around 1750, Copper engraving

Unknown (18th), View of the Bacan Islands, around 1750, Copper engraving Unknown (18th century): View of the Bacan Islands with details, c. 1750, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Upper middle inscribed in the printing plate: "Bacham ou Bachian.". Upper right numbered in the printing plate: "Tom 1: Pag. 284". Date: c. 1750 Description: The Bacan Islands are an Indonesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. The islands belong to the Moluccas. One of the islands is depicted with its characteristic crescent shape as well as a bird's eye view of the village. Source: René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (1650 -1723 ) Recueil Des Voiages qui ont servi a L'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas, um 1750 | Book, Science Keywords: 18th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Indonesia, Size: Paper: 15,7 cm x 21,5 cm (6,2 x 8,5 in), Depiction: 12,8 cm x 18,7 cm (5 x 7,4 in) Condition: Good condition. Margins slightly browned, folded vertically twice. Margins slightly irregular.