Published by Laurie and Whittle, London, 1794
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Maps. Condition: Very good condition. Scarce sea atlas by cartographers Laurie and Whittle, of southern Sumatra (cut off at the equator), and western Java. Batavia, the former official name of present day Jakarta, is labeled, inset of "A Particular Chart of the Straits of Sunda". Copper engraving, Impression 33 1/2" wide x 25 1/4", black on cream background with latitude and longitudinal marks around perimeter, coastal profiles of Padang, Pulo Pesang, Broken Point, Pulo Tellores, Mount Monopin, Seven Islands, Pulo Taya, Pulo Linging. Some faint fox spotting lower left, otherwise clean, bright, vgc.
Published by Laurie & Whittle, London, 1799
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
unbound. Condition: very good. Sea chart. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 24" x 32.5". Stunning chart of the southern tip of Sumatra, with the Strait of Sunda and part of Java and the Java Sea. Includes rhumb lines, depths, shoals, a compass rose and an inset map: "A Particular Chart of the Straits of Sunda." The coast lines are further illustrated with with many topographical cross sections. Published in "The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator, on One Hundred and Eighteen Plates: Containing a Complete Collection of Charts and Plans, &c." (plate 94). Maps are based on the 1745 French "Neptune Oriental" by Jean Baptiste Nicolas Denis d'Apres de Mannevillette. The later English editions include additions by Captain Joseph Huddart, Captain John Hall and Captain Henry Smedley.