Nieuwe Kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery Eilanden, als mede Celebes etc. [New Map of the Philippine, Marianas, Moluccos or Spice Islands, as well as Celebes etc.]

Description

original outline hand-colour copper engraving.

Very decorative map of the Philippines and neighbouring countries from the ‘Nieuwe en beknopte Hand-Atlas,
bestaande in eene Verzameling van eenige der algemeenste en noodigste Landkaarten’; [New and Concise Hand Atlas, Consisting of a Collection of some of the most General and Necessary Maps], published by the Dutch Isaak Tirion (1705-1765) in Amsterdam ca. 1744, i.e. the second edition (of 112 maps).

The first edition of 1740 comprised 50 maps, mostly based on Guilaume Delisle [de L’Isle] (1675-1726),
the French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the New World. Tirion was more of a bookseller and publisher than a geographer or cartographer. But he must have done very well by the cartographer under his employ as his maps excel in style and exactness.