695 - Unknown (18th), View of the island of Ternate, Moluccas, around 1750, Copper engraving

Unknown (18th), View of the island of Ternate, Moluccas, around 1750, Copper engraving Unknown (18th century): View of Ternate Island, Moluccas, Indonesia, c. 1750, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: At the center inscribed in the printing plate: "Ternate, Par son aspect Oriental". Upper right numbered in the printing plate: "Tom. 3 Pag. 20.". Date: c. 1750 Description: Ternate, an island in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) in the eastern part of Indonesia, once served as the center of the important Sultanate of Ternate. 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, c. 1750 | Book, Science Keywords: Trade; Island; Spice Island, 18th century, Classicism, Landscape, Indonesia, Size: Paper: 15,7 cm x 22,0 cm (6,2 x 8,7 in), Depiction: 13,4 cm x 19,7 cm (5,3 x 7,8 in) Condition: Good condition. Margins a little bit browned, folded vertically twice.