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Vintage travel brochures & photographs
M38 (click on image to enlarge)
Dimensions:
120 x 169 mm
2
Title:
West-Java. Traveller's guide from Batavia to the
Preanger Regencies and Tjilatjap
Author:
L.F.M. Schulze
Printer:
Visser & Co., Batavia, N.E.I.
Date:
1894
Description:
English-language guide offering practical advice
for travellers journeying across western Java, from Batavia
through the highlands of the Preanger region to Tjilatjap. It
includes detailed information on routes, transportation options,
accommodations, and notable sights along the way. The guide
is supplemented with fold-out maps, helpful tips, and sections
of commercial advertisements, and provides a clear picture of
travel conditions and local geography in late 19th-century Java.
Further details about photographer Fedor Schulze can be found
here. (hardcover, 84 pages plus advertisement section)
Reverse
The advertisement section mentions
Schulze’s photo studio in Batavia as
a “Photographic Laboratory for Types
and Views,” located at Passer Baroe,
opposite the post office.