'A Map of the New Philippine Islands'
Antique uncoloured copper-engraved map, 1721
An early English map of the western Pacific, focused on island groups then loosely associated with the “New Philippines.” The plate reflects European efforts to reconcile Jesuit, Spanish and Dutch reports from a still imperfectly known region, naming numerous small islands across the Caroline and Palau groups and placing them in relation to Mindanao, Samar and the Moluccas. The numbered figures are not simple island labels: numbers set within an island indicate how many days’ sailing were thought necessary to circumnavigate it, while numbers between islands give the estimated sailing time from one to another. This makes the map a compact digest of missionary and navigational intelligence, preserving obsolete names and uncertain geography within the spare, information-led style of early Royal Society publication.
CAPTION BELOW PICTURE: 'A Map of the New Philippine Islands'
DATE PRINTED: 1721
IMAGE SIZE: Approx 20.0 x 22.0cm, 7.75 x 8.5 inches (Medium); Please note that this is a folding map.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Andrew Johnston, engraver. Imprimatur (authorised to be published by) Isaac Newton, President of the Royal Society from 1703 to 1727
PROVENANCE: The Philosophical Transactions from the Year 1700 to the Year 1720. Abridged and dispos’d under General Heads. Vol. II. Containing Part III. The Physiological Papers [and] Part IV. The Philological Papers. Edited by Benjamin Motte. London: Printed for R. Wilkin et al., 1721. Bearing the imprimatur of Isaac Newton, who served as President of the Royal Society from 1703 until his death in 1727.
TYPE: Antique uncoloured copper-engraved map
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Vertical fold as issued. Minor repairs verso with archival tape. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy - see below.
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