Author: Dalrymple, Alexander [author] / d'Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis (1707-1780) [author re-ed.]
Publisher: d'Apres de Mannevillette, Paris.
Year: 1775 [1771]
Size: 66.3 x 48.4 cm
Reference: Not in Quirino or Phillips
Chart of the China Sea / inscribed to Mons. d’Après de Mannevillette, the ingenious author of the Neptune Oriental as a tribute due to his labours for the benefit of navigation and in acknowledgement of his many signal favours to A. Dalrymple
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Description
copper engraving, RARE Sea chart, Plate 52, from: Le Neptune oriental, dedie au roi /par M. d’Apres de Mannevillette. Paris; Brest [France] : Chez Demonville, Imprimeur-Libraire de l’Academie Francoise; Chez Malassis, Imprimeur-Libraire de la Marine, 1775. First published in London 1771 in another publication. Shows the West Philippine Sea (China Sea) from Taiwan to Borneo and Indochina till Philippines, Western Luzon incl. Manila, Mindoro, Palawan , West Mindanao, Sulu;and all Shoals under dispute with note: A. Situation of Scarboro’s Schoal… and a legend to the vessel tracks identifying regional exploration from ca. 1752 to 1763. Hong Kong is called Fan-chin-cheo. For details on Dalrymple & Mannevillette see wikipedia.
Condition
with centerfold as issued, 2 ink spots in “China”, excellent condition.
