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Laurie and Whittle. A New Chart of the North Coast of Java. 1794. [Java, Indonesia] The Roots of Texas like the tocoLaurie and Whittle A New Chart of the North Coast of Java (Jakarta, Indonesia) London, 1794 24 36 inches This is a fine example of Laurie and Whittle's 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of northwestern Java. The map covers from Bantam Bay (SelatSunda) and Hill (Serang, Indonesia) eastwards as far as Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia). This region was a major battleground between rival Dutch, British, and Portugese trading monopolies. The Dutch and British