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C1700
(1701)
A New Map of the East Indies, Taken from Mr. de Fer’s Map of Asia, Shewing their Cheif Divisions, Cities, Towns, Ports, Rivers, Mountains &c.
Mapmaker:
Scarce c.18th map of Asia focusing on the East Indies by Edward Wells based on Nicholas de Fer’s map. The map extends from Iran to the Philippines and south to Timor. An elaborate title at lower left contains a dedication … Read Full Description
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S/N: ANSOM-ASI-030–184638
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Full Title:
A New Map of the East Indies, Taken from Mr. de Fer’s Map of Asia, Shewing their Cheif Divisions, Cities, Towns, Ports, Rivers, Mountains &c.
Date:
C1700
(1701)
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
Sutton Nicholls
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
490mm
x 370mm
Paper Size:
595mm
x 465mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1701
Description:
Scarce c.18th map of Asia focusing on the East Indies by Edward Wells based on Nicholas de Fer’s map.
The map extends from Iran to the Philippines and south to Timor. An elaborate title at lower left contains a dedication to His Highness William the Duke of Gloucester and a scale of Miles is placed below. The Duke of Gloucester was attending Oxford where Wells was a teacher of mathematics and geography. Wells included this map of the East Indies in the second edition of his atlas, A New Sett of Maps of Antient and Present Geography, published in 1701 which is identified by the addition of the number ’30’ on the lower section of the title surround.
From Wells, A New Sett of Maps of Antient and Present Geography
References:
Moreland, C. & Bannister, D. Antique Maps. London 1995: p.163.
Quirino, C. Philippine Cartography (1320-1899) Amsterdam 2010 Manila: p.110.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID3547017
David Rumsey Collection: 11181.033
New York Public Library: 1630724
Moreland, C. & Bannister, D. Antique Maps. London 1995: p.163.
Quirino, C. Philippine Cartography (1320-1899) Amsterdam 2010 Manila: p.110.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID3547017
David Rumsey Collection: 11181.033
New York Public Library: 1630724
Edward Wells (1667 - 1727)
Wells was the son of Edward Wells, the Vicar of Corsham, Wiltshire. Educated at Westminster School from 1680. He won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford in 1686 where he graduated with a MA in 1693 and went on to have a turbulent career in the ministry. Wells was a prolific writer translating several religious and secular Latin and Greek works into English. He also wrote on astronomy, chronology, arithmetic and geometry, although his best known work is his atlas, A New Sett of Maps of Antient and Present Geography first issued in 1700.
