Lot 190
Philippines.- Lowitz (George Maurice) Carte Hydrographique & Chorographique des Isles Philippines..., engraved map, published by Homann Heirs, 1760.
Hammer Price: £4,500
Description
Philippines.- Lowitz (George Maurice) Carte Hydrographique & Chorographique des Isles Philippines..., two-sheet version of Father Pedro Murillo Velarde's map of the Philippines, showing the route of the Acapulco-Manila galleon, and the track of Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to visit the islands in 1521, with large title cartouche in the upper right corner, compass rose and rhumb lines, engraving on laid paper with text-based watermarks, both sheets with uniform full original hand-colouring, each platemark approx.495 x 560 mm (19 1/2 x 22 in), each sheet 550 x 640 mm (21 3/4 x 25 1/4 in), central vertical folds, minor handling creases and old folds, manuscript ink numbering to upper right corners, unframed, Homann Heirs, 1760.
⁂ The first reasonably obtainable large format map of the Philippines; a landmark in the history of Filipino cartography.
Description
Philippines.- Lowitz (George Maurice) Carte Hydrographique & Chorographique des Isles Philippines..., two-sheet version of Father Pedro Murillo Velarde's map of the Philippines, showing the route of the Acapulco-Manila galleon, and the track of Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to visit the islands in 1521, with large title cartouche in the upper right corner, compass rose and rhumb lines, engraving on laid paper with text-based watermarks, both sheets with uniform full original hand-colouring, each platemark approx.495 x 560 mm (19 1/2 x 22 in), each sheet 550 x 640 mm (21 3/4 x 25 1/4 in), central vertical folds, minor handling creases and old folds, manuscript ink numbering to upper right corners, unframed, Homann Heirs, 1760.
⁂ The first reasonably obtainable large format map of the Philippines; a landmark in the history of Filipino cartography.
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