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Download Inventaris Als Nummer Toegang: 4.VELH Inventaris van de verzameling buitenlandse kaarten Leupe, supplement, 1621-1813 (1925) Versie: 10-05-2021 S.P. l'Honoré Naber, G.G.J. Boink (bewerking) Nationaal Archief, Den Haag 1914 This finding aid is written in Dutch. 4.VELH Kaarten Leupe Suppl. 3 INHOUDSOPGAVE Beschrijving van het archief......................................................................................7 Aanwijzingen voor de gebruiker................................................................................................9 Openbaarheidsbeperkingen.......................................................................................................9 Beperkingen aan het gebruik......................................................................................................9 Materiële beperkingen................................................................................................................9 Andere toegang........................................................................................................................... 9 Aanvraaginstructie...................................................................................................................... 9 Citeerinstructie............................................................................................................................ 9 Archiefvorming.........................................................................................................................10 Geschiedenis van de archiefvormer..........................................................................................10 Geschiedenis van het archiefbeheer.........................................................................................15 De verwerving van het archief..............................................................................................15 Inhoud en structuur van het archief.........................................................................................16 Inhoud....................................................................................................................................... 16 Verantwoording van de bewerking...........................................................................................17 Verwant materiaal....................................................................................................................20 Beschikbaarheid van kopieën...................................................................................................20 Verwante archieven.................................................................................................................. 20 Publicaties................................................................................................................................. 20 Literatuurlijst........................................................................................................................ 20 Beschrijving van de series en archiefbestanddelen................................................23 A. Zee-atlassen, wereldkaarten enz...............................................................................................23 B Zee-, kust- en rivierkaarten........................................................................................................25 B.1 Europa..................................................................................................................................................25 B.1.1 IJszee, Poolzee, Noordzee...........................................................................................................25 B.1.2 Oostzee........................................................................................................................................26 B.1.3 Kusten van Noorwegen tot de Nederlanden..............................................................................27 B.1.4 Noordzee, Kanaal en Iersche Zee................................................................................................27 B.1.5 Straat van Gibraltar, Middellandsche Zee..................................................................................29 B.1.6 Zwarte Zee...................................................................................................................................32 B.1.7 Noorder en Zuider Atlantische Oceaan.......................................................................................32 B.2 Afrika....................................................................................................................................................33 B.2.1 Westkust......................................................................................................................................33 B.2.2 Zuidkust.......................................................................................................................................35 B.2.3 Oostkust.......................................................................................................................................37 B.2.4 Madagaskar.................................................................................................................................37 B.3 Azië.......................................................................................................................................................37 B.3.1 Deccan, Kanara............................................................................................................................37 B.3.2 Malabar.......................................................................................................................................38 B.3.3 Ceylon..........................................................................................................................................38 B.3.4 Coromandel.................................................................................................................................39 B.3.5 Bengalen, Arakkan, Pegu............................................................................................................39 B.3.6 Schiereiland Malakka..................................................................................................................41 B.3.7 Siam, Cambodja, enz...................................................................................................................41 B.3.8 China, Japan, Chineesche Zee.....................................................................................................42 B.3.9 Eilanden in de Chineesche Zee...................................................................................................43 B.3.10 Indische Zee en eilanden..........................................................................................................44 B.3.11 Indische Archipel........................................................................................................................46 Algemeen........................................................................................................................................46 Straat Malakka................................................................................................................................50 Straat Soenda..................................................................................................................................52 Sumatra...........................................................................................................................................52 Bintang............................................................................................................................................55 4 Kaarten Leupe Suppl. 4.VELH Borneo.............................................................................................................................................56 Java..................................................................................................................................................56 Timor, de Kleine Soendasche Eilanden..........................................................................................59 Celebes............................................................................................................................................59 Moluksche Eilanden.......................................................................................................................60 Algemeen...................................................................................................................................60 Amboina.....................................................................................................................................61 Ceram.........................................................................................................................................61 Banda...............................................................................................................................................61 Nieuw-Guinea.................................................................................................................................62 B.4 Australië...............................................................................................................................................63 B.5 Amerika...............................................................................................................................................63 B.5.1 Noord-Amerika............................................................................................................................63
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