Part of Batchian Island. Piapis Harbour. Offak Harbour. - Antique Map from 1779
C1779

Part of Batchian Island. Piapis Harbour.…

Mapmaker:

Thomas Forrest (1729 - 1802)

Rare, c.18th hand coloured engraved map and views of the harbours of Offak and Piapis on Waygiou, showing depth soundings. Forrest had sailed on 9 December in the Tartar, a garay boat of about ten tones from Sulu, Indonesia, with … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Part of Batchian Island. Piapis Harbour. Offak Harbour.

Date:

C1779

Mapmaker:

Thomas Forrest (1729 - 1802)

Condition:

Small loss of top left corner, reinstated, otherwise in good condition. With folds as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

515mm 
x 240mm

Paper Size: 

557mm 
x 272mm
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Part of Batchian Island. Piapis Harbour. Offak Harbour. - Antique Map from 1779

Genuine antique
dated:

1779

Description:

Rare, c.18th hand coloured engraved map and views of the harbours of Offak and Piapis on Waygiou, showing depth soundings.

Forrest had sailed on 9 December in the Tartar, a garay boat of about ten tones from Sulu, Indonesia, with two English officers and a crew of eighteen Malays. Accompanied during part of the time by two small boats, he pushed his explorations as far as Geelvink Bay in New Guinea, explored the Sulu Archipelago, the south coast of Mindanao, Mandiolo, Batchian, and Waigeo, of which his was the first good chart. Forrest reached Dorei Harbour, and returned to Achin (Aceh) in March 1776.

From, Forrest’s, A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan including an Account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other Islands performed in the Tartar Galley, belonging to the Honourable East India Company, During the Years 1774, 1775, and 1776 to which is added, a Vocabulary of the Magindano Tongue.

References:

Howgego, J. Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800. Sydney 2011 : F60.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 623.

Collections:

National Library Australia: Bib ID 2445073
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS T/RAV/FM4/2
State Library Victoria: RARELT ; 919.5 F77V
State Library Queensland: Record number 997011684702061
State Library South Australia: Special Collection: 991T b
Cornell University Library: Catalog Record: 2517839

Thomas Forrest (1729 - 1802)

Forrest was an English navigator who worked for the British East India Company and in 1762 had command of a Company ship. In 1770 he was engaged in forming the new settlement at Balambangan, which had been recommended by Alexander Dalrymple and in 1774 took on an exploring mission in the direction of New Guinea. He sailed on 9 December in the Tartar, a local boat of about ten tons burden, with two English officers and a crew of eighteen Malays. In this, accompanied during part of the time by two small boats, he pushed his explorations as far as Geelvink Bay in New Guinea, examining the Sulu Archipelago, the south coast of Mindanao, Mandiolo, Batchian, and particularly Waygiou, of which his was the first good chart. Forrest reached Dorei Harbour, and returned to Achin in March 1776. He was said to have died in India in about 1802.

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