Schenk & Valk’s Map of the Bay of Bengal dictionaries Four variants of the title-page

Four variants of the title-page are known

Vorst (1623-1676) was a librarian

The District company’s lines are shown in red

Edited by Petrus Moll (1596-1669) of Sneek or Snits

Schenk & Valk’s Map of the Bay of Bengal dictionaries Four variants of the title-pageSinus Gangeticus; vulgo Golfo de Bengale nova descriptio This is a map of the Bay of Bengal with north oriented to the right. Petrus Schenk and Gerard Valk often worked in partnership, towards the end of the Dutch Golden Age, when the United Provinces still led Europe in the field of map making. Together they purchased the surviving copper printing plates of the famous Janssonius firm, among others, and reissued them under their own imprint. Condition