[ASIA-MALAYSIA] Malacca Strait with Part of the Ea…

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Rare and important, early c.20th detailed large scale detail hydrographic chart of the Malacca and the Singapore Straits, first issued 30th June 1898 with small corrections 1917. The chart extends north to Penang, Malaysia, the northern tip of Sumatra and … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

[ASIA-MALAYSIA] Malacca Strait with Part of the Ea…

Date:

C1898

(1917)

Mapmaker:

Edward Weller (1819 - 1884)

Condition:

Small repaired tear at bottom and one at left hand side sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

975mm

x 645mm

Paper Size:

1003mm

x 672mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1917

Description:

Rare and important, early c.20th detailed large scale detail hydrographic chart of the Malacca and the Singapore Straits, first issued 30th June 1898 with small corrections 1917.

The chart extends north to Penang, Malaysia, the northern tip of Sumatra and south to Singapore. Numerous soundings are noted as well positions of wrecks, lights and other navigational hazards.

The regular updating of Hydrographic charts by the Hydrographic Office was to ensure that commanders of ships, pilots and other mariners were able to have the most to up to date information available to safely navigate foreign waters and ports as new information of changes to sea depths, sand bars, wrecks or other any other pertinent nautical information that could hinder passage became available. As updated charts were offered for sale, the earlier outdated charts in the hands of mariners, pilots, ships owners and sailors were invariably discarded, subsequently making all British Admiralty issued hydrographic charts of the period rare.

Edward Weller (1819 - 1884)

Distinguished British cartographer, engraver, and publisher whose work contributed significantly to the popular dissemination of geographic knowledge in the mid to late c.19th. Active during a period of rapid expansion in global exploration and imperial cartography, Weller became one of the foremost mapmakers associated with The Weekly Dispatch Atlas and later the London Atlas of Universal Geography, works that brought high-quality maps to a broad middle-class readership.

Born in London in 1819, Weller trained as a draughtsman and engraver in an era when advances in lithography and steel-plate engraving were transforming the mapmaking industry. By the 1840s, he had established himself at 34 Red Lion Square, Holborn, where he operated as an engraver, draughtsman, and publisher. His early work included finely engraved maps for a variety of publishers and periodicals, but he rose to prominence through his long association with the publisher Cassell, Petter & Galpin.

Edward Weller’s contributions helped standardise mid-Victorian cartographic design and facilitated public engagement with geography through affordable, well-made maps. He remained active in London until his death in 1884. His output represents a bridge between the artisanal engraving traditions of the early nineteenth century and the industrial lithographic production that came to dominate the later Victorian period.

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