Asia and its Islands, According to D'Anville; Divided into Empires, Kingdomes, States, Regions &c.with the European Possessions and Settlements In The East Indies and An Exact Delineation of all the Discoveries made in the Eastern Parts By The English under Captns. Cook - Antique Map from 1787

C1787

Asia and its Islands, According to D&#82…

Mapmaker:

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)

Scarce c.18th four sheet, detailed wall map of Asia by Robert Sayer according to D’Anville and includes the discoveries made by Cook in the east. The map first appeared in 1772 titled; Asia According to the Sieur D’Anville, Divided into … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Asia and its Islands, According to D’Anville; Divided into Empires, Kingdomes, States, Regions &c.with the European Possessions and Settlements In The East Indies and An Exact Delineation of all the Discoveries made in the Eastern Parts By The English under Captns. Cook

Date:

C1787

Mapmaker:

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

1170mm

x 1015mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1787

Description:

Scarce c.18th four sheet, detailed wall map of Asia by Robert Sayer according to D’Anville and includes the discoveries made by Cook in the east.

The map first appeared in 1772 titled; Asia According to the Sieur D’Anville, Divided into its Empires, Kingdoms & States, Showing the European Settlements in the East Indies. The title was then changed on 6th January 1787, as in our map to; Asia and its Islands, According to D’Anville; Divided into Empires, Kingdomes, States, Regions &c.with the European Possessions and Settlements In The East Indies and An Exact Delineation of all the Discoveries made in the Eastern Parts By The English under Captns. Cook. This is the first issue of this version of the title which was then reissued later a number of times.

Collections:
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: G201:4/6A
Yale University Library & Art Gallery: 50 1787

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 - 1782)

D'Anville was a French cartographer of great repute. Following the death of De Lisle, D'Anville continued the line of progressive French cartographers which had begun with Nicolas Sanson in the previous century. A child prodigy, he is said to have designed his first map at the age of fifteen and in his long distinguished career he produced a large number of elegantly engraved maps, noted for their scholarship and accuracy. Having exacting standards soon brought him international recognition as the finest cartographer of his time.

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