Author: Robert Morden
Publisher: R. Morden & Thomas Cockerill in London.
Year: 1688 [1680]
Size: 9.8 x 12.4 cm map, 20 x 16 cm page
Reference: Quirino p. 86; Phillips # 23; Phillips Atlases #498 (Geography Rectified)
The Philipine Isles
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Description
hand-coloured copper engraving, verso: text. WITHOUT page no. in upper right plate but the EXTREMELY RARE edition where this image appears on pp. 311/312 instead of pp. 435/436. Map on a full page with text, from Geography Rectified or: A Description of the World (sheet pp.311/312); published by R. Morden & Thomas Cockerill in London. 2nd edition. Englishman Morden (1668-1703) was a cartographer and maker of instruments & globes. The first edition of 1680 has no longitude degrees mentioned. 2nd edition 1688 (without page no. 45), 3rd edition 1693 (with page no. 45), fourth edition 1700 and later.
Condition
Very good to excellent condition.
