Item #106048 Automobielkaart van de Java Motor Club van Java en Madoera. Map: Java.
Automobielkaart van de Java Motor Club van Java en Madoera
Automobielkaart van de Java Motor Club van Java en Madoera
Automobielkaart van de Java Motor Club van Java en Madoera

Automobielkaart van de Java Motor Club van Java en Madoera

[Semarang, Indonesia], Koninklijke Vereeniging Java Motor Club [with the imprint 'Lith. G. Kolff. & Co Batavia'], [1920s].

Printed in three sheets, showing respectively the western, central and eastern portions of the island, namely, Blad I - 'West-Java' (555 × 830 mm); Blad II - 'Midden-Java' (555 × 900 mm); and Blad III - 'Oost-Java' (555 × 825 mm). All are dissected (into 16, 20 and 16 panels respectively) and mounted on linen, with sheet titles and stamps of the Java Motor Club's Semarang headquarters on the verso, and come in the original case (cover title: 'Automobielkaart der Kon. Ver. Java Motor Club').

Acidic paper slightly tanned and lifting occasionally from the linen backing near the folds; some water damage to the first sheet causing slight cockling (and some stains to the linen); a few pencil annotations from an early user on the verso of one map; erratum slip on another one; minor signs of use; case slightly worn and marked; overall in very good condition.

A motoring map of Java and Madura in three sheets, with details of the different grades of roads, regional boundaries, railroads, sugar factories, historical sites and more.

A later edition of this map held by the National Library of Australia (tentatively dated 1928) bears a small errata slip noting that the Madjenang-Loembir road, while shown as complete, is in fact not due to be completed until December 1929. This and other stretches of road (such as the Poerworedjo-Djokjakarta road) are shown as unfinished in our copy, so it is safe to say that it is earlier by some years.

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