Islas de Infanta y Polillo pl. 12 [Quezon Prov., Polilio Is., Pananongan I., Jomalig I.]

₱4,400.00

Author: Jose Algue / A. Hoen

Publisher: US Coast and Geodetic Survey (Government Printing Office) in Washington, D.C.

Year: 1900 [1899]

Size: 29.8 x 34 cm

Reference: Quirino p. 132 / 65 / 66; Phillips # 3325

1 in stock

Description

original colour lithograph.

Map from ‘Atlas de Filipinas’; done in 1899. Considered ‘as the most complete and accurate survey of the archipelago made up to that time. 24 pages and 30 coloured plates. Father Algue was the director of the Manila Observatory at the time. The technical work on the atlas was executed wholly by Filipino draftsmen. (acknowledged in the introduction).