This large fine hand coloured original
antique chart of the
Sulu
Archipelago part of the Philippines, Basilan Island and
tip of Mindanao - with 2
insets of Toolyan island and bay, and the islands of
Palleeangan and Boobooan
- was engraved in 1771 - the date is engraved at the
foot of the map - by B Henry and was published by
Alexander Dalrymple from
D'
apres De Mannevillette
in
1767 in Discoveries in the South Pacific before 1764.
A most important milestone
chart based upon the surveys made from navigational
surveys in 1761-64 by Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808].
He was the first hydrographer of the British Admiralty
and the first writer in English to use the word
Australia". He used the term to refer to the whole
South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian
continent.
Latitude and longitude scales, soundings near coast and
in bay areas.
D' Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a famous
French sailor and hydrograph. During a voyage to China
in 1728 he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many
places using new instruments. Back in France he devised
a plan to correct and publish all the existing maps of
the route to China: the Red Sea, the coasts of India,
Malaya, the northern parts of Indonesia, Indochina and
China.
When the first edition of his Atlas Le Neptune
Oriental (containing only 22 charts) was published
in 1745, it was regarded as a major achievement and a
library indispensable to navigators. In 1772,
d'Après was appointed director of an office established
by the Compagnie des Indes for the publication of
charts. (Ref:
M&B; Tooley)
General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy & stable
Paper color: - White
Age of map color: - Later
Colors used: - Green, yellow, pink
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 29in x
21in (740mm x
535mm)
Plate size: -
25in x
19in (635mm x
485mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - None
Verso: -
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