Author: Jose Algue
Publisher: US Coast and Geodetic Survey (Government Printing Office) in Washington, D.C.
Year: 1900 [1899]
Size: 37 x 32 cm
Reference: Quirino, pp. 65, 66, 132; Phillips # 562 (Atlas)
Bahia de Manila pl. 29 inset: Manila
₱7,700.00
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Description
original-colour lithograph.
Map from ‘Atlas de Filipinas’; made in 1899. Considered ‘as the most complete and accurate survey of the archipelago made at that time. Father Algue was the director of the Manila Observatory then. The technical work on the atlas was executed wholly by Filipino draftsmen(acknowledged in the introduction), and preparedat the Jesuit Observatory. IT IS THE FIRST EXTENSIVE AND ACCURATE ATLAS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Condition
Very good to excellent condition.
