Original antique map showing in high detail the region between India and the Philippines, centered on the Malaysian Peninsula.
Early hand colouring.
Centre fold as published.
The map is based upon the sea charts created by Jean-Batiste de Mannevillette (1707-80), for the first edition of hisLe Neptune Oriental,the first sea atlas of Asian Waters. Mannevillette apprenticed under the great royal cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle. He then joined the maritime service of the Compagnie des Indes, eventually attaining the rank of captain. Upon his return to Paris, Mannevillette was appointed as director of the Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Navigation des Indes.
In 1745, Mannevillette published the first edition of his sea atlas of Asian waters,Le Neptune Oriental. The high quality of Mannevillette's charts won him the acclaim of both mariners and academics alike, and he was admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Sciences. He published a second, heavily revised, edition of theNeptune Orientalin 1775.
Homann Heirs was a German publishing firm that enjoyed a major place in the European map market throughout the eighteenth century. Founded in 1702 by Johann Baptist Homann, the business passed to his son, Christoph, upon Johann’s death in 1724. Christoph died in 1730, aged only 27, and the firm was inherited by subsequent Homann heirs. This altered the name of the company, which was known as Homann Erben, or Homann heirs. The firm continued in business until 1848.
