De Waterhaalplaats te Goeroe-Goeroe Amboina / Aiguade à Goeroe-Goeroe Amboine

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Article ID ASS0732

Title

De Waterhaalplaats te Goeroe-Goeroe Amboina / Aiguade à Goeroe-Goeroe Amboine

Description

Map shows the Waterfall Goeroe-Goeroe on the Molucces Insland Amboine

Year

ca. 1830

Artist

Lauters

Historical Description

The Maluku Islands are an archipelago within Banda Sea, Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located east of Sulawesi, west of New Guinea, and north and east of Timor. The islands were known as the Spice Islands due to the nutmeg, mace and cloves that were originally exclusively found there, the presence of which sparked colonial interest from Europe in the 16th century. The Maluku Islands formed a single province from Indonesian independence until 1999, when it was split into two provinces. A new province, North Maluku, incorporates the area between Morotai and Sula, with the arc of islands from Buru and Seram to Wetar remaining within the existing Maluku Province.

Place of Publication Amsterdam
Dimensions (cm)29 x 30
ConditionVery good
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueLithography

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