Name: Carte tres curieuse de la mer du sud, contenant des remarques Nouvelles et tres utiles non Seulement sur les ports et iles de cette mer. [1st and 2nd Sheet] [A Very Special Map of the Southern Sea, Containing New and Very Useful Descriptions not Only of its Ports and Islands.]
SKU: 62639/62640
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Carte tres curieuse de la mer du sud, contenant des remarques Nouvelles et tres utiles non Seulement sur les ports et iles de cette mer. [1st and 2nd Sheet] [A Very Special Map of the Southern Sea, Containing New and Very Useful Descriptions not Only of its Ports and Islands.]

₱790,000.00

Author: Henri Abraham Chatelain

Publisher: Chatelain, Amsterdam.

Year: 1732-39 [1719]

Size: ca. 40 x 141 cm [1st sheet]; ca. 41 x 142 cm [2nd sheet]

Reference: Not in Quirino; Phillips 579; Goss Kartenkunst Taf. 7.5; Ders., North America map 52; Portinaro/Knirsch p. 216/7 (all 3 with crude but col. image.); Tooley, California No. 80; Tooley, Early Maps of Australia No. 66; Wagner, NW Coast America Nr. 511; Lowery No. 291 (only Northern part); Lietz, Insulae India Orientalis, p. 132

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SKU: 62639/62640 Category: Antique Maps Tag: Pacific 2

Description

original outline-colour copper engravings, enhanced hand-colour. EXTREMELY RARE.

Stunning World map in 2 sheets, from the extensive multi-volume ‘Atlas Historique’, vol. 6, no. 30, p. 117; published by Chatelain, Amsterdam.
One of the most informative, decorative and impressive maps centered on the Pacific available. Printed on four large sheets, the overall map is of wall-chart proportions and a veritable pictorial encyclopaedia of the World, including the Philippines; many famous voyagers’ tracks/routes are indicated. A great example of early 18th Century craftsmanship!

Condition

1st sheet – folds as issued, small tear on lower centrefold; 2nd sheet – folds as issued; due to imperfect printing, the neatlines are not perfectly parallel, neither horizontally nor vertically. Otherwise Excellent condition.