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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 10

Maps
Asia
1757 A New & Accurate Map of Asia Drawn from Actual Surveys and otherwise Collected from Journal; assisted by the Most approved Modern Maps & Charts, by Emanuel Bowen; 18¼ x 15 inches, uncoloured.

Published in "A Complete System of Geography". Copper engraved map that includes all of Asia through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. A large island near Japan is named Company's Is. Further east is a large landmass defined by only by its southern shoreline named De Gama's Land after Jean de Gama, the Portuguese explorer who reported sighting land in the North Pacific. The Sea of Japan is named the Sea of Korea. The Carolines are called New Philippines and are located too far west. Compass rose and decorative cartouche.

With usual central reinforcement; good to fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$1,000 to SG$1,200