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Rare Dutch map / chart of the Bay of Manilla, in the Philippine Islands. "De Stadt Manilha" is shown as a cluster of houses and churches. Details provided about depth soundings, and the relative location of rivers, habitations, and churches suggest that this small chart may have had its origin in a working nautical chart.
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. From "Nouvel atlas...contenant les principales cartes géographiques dressées suivant les nouvelles observations de Mr. de l'Académie royale des sciences" published in 1714 from Leiden by Van der Aa. Plate number 27 (in manuscript).
Printed on a large sheet measuring 19" W x 15" H.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1719
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Philippines
BODY OF WATER: Bay of Manilla
CONDITION: Very good.
On strong chain-laid paper. Slight uniform, pleasing age-toning. Very wide margins.
COLORING: None.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 7
" x
7 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0
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