The Philippine Islands.

Description

original-colour lithograph, Philippine map on green outline colouring, with geographical miles and British statute miles.

Map from ‘Cassell’s Weekly Dispatch Atlas’. Edward Weller (18??-1884) was a cartographer and engraver based in London. His best known work appears in Cassell’s Weekly Dispatch Atlas, published in monthly segments for subscribers of the “Weekly Dispatch” newspaper. This collection of maps eventually grew to include much of the known world. Published in various editions from 1855 through the early 1880s, The “Weekly Dispatch” had its offices at 138 Fleet Street, London, England.