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Antique Sea Chart of the Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, circa 1775
€540
$605 · £455
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1775
- Sheet size
- 30.7 × 21.7 in (78 × 55 cm)
- Condition
- Good. General age-related toning. Few stains, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
- Collection
- Sea charts
- Era
- 1700 to 1789, Age of discovery
- Stock no.
- f_29621782
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Côte Occidentale de l'Isle Sumatra'. Sea chart of the part of the south-western coast of Sumatra with the Nassau (Nias) and Fortune isles.
Artists and Engravers: D' Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a famous French sailor and hydrograph. During a voyage to China in 1728 he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many places using new instruments. Back in France he devised a plan to correct and publish all the existing maps of the route to China: the Red Sea, the coasts of India, Malaya, the northern parts of Indonesia, Indochina and China
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Few stains, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Date: circa 1775
Overall size: 55 x 78 cm.
Image size: 48.5 x 66 cm.
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