Artist / Author / Cartographer:

De Bry

Title:

Bantam Spice Bazaar

Date:

c.1601

Medium:

copper engraving

Size:

25.5 x 39 cm

Description:

XXXII. Accurata Designatio Bazar, Sive Forin Bantam, cum suis Mercibus, 26.

 

A view of the market at Bantam on the island of Java in the late 16th century. Although mainly for spices there were many extraordinary things for sale.

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Item Code:

P5566

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