The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator, on One Hundred and Eighteen Plates: Containing a Complete Collection of Charts and Plans, &c., &c. for the Navigation not only of the Indian and China Seas, but of those also between England and the Cape of Good-Hope; Improved and Chiefly Composed from the Last Work of M. D'Apres de Mannevillette; with Considerable Additions, from Private Manuscripts of the Dutch, and from Draughts and Actual Surveys Communicated By Officers of the East-India Company A New Edition, Containing One Hundred and Five Charts . London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1799.
The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator, on One Hundred and Eighteen Plates: Containing a Complete Collection of Charts and Plans, &c., &c. for the Navigation not only of the Indian and China Seas, but of those also between England and the Cape of Good-Hope; Improved and Chiefly Composed from the Last Work of M. D'Apres de Mannevillette; with Considerable Additions, from Private Manuscripts of the Dutch, and from Draughts and Actual Surveys Communicated By Officers of the East-India Company A New Edition, Containing One Hundred and Five Charts . London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1799. Broadsheets (634 x 447 mm). Letterpress title, list of charts and plates. 106 engraved double-page maps (some occasional spotting and soiling, heavier on verso of map 100, "Port of Subec"). Contemporary English mottled calf, covers with simple gilt-rolled border, a central green morocco lettering piece with title "East India Pilot" in gilt, spine gilt-ruled and with gilt figure of a ship stamped in seven compartments, a red morocco lettering piece in the remaining (repairs at spine ends and corners, some rubbing). Provenance : William Heather & Co., Chart and Map Sellers, 157 Leadenhall Street, London (contemporary engraved label on pastedown). AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING The East-India Pilot was intented to provide accurate charts for navigating all the coasts which might be encountered between England and the East Indies. Also included were charts for navigating between England and the Cape of Good Hope. Combining sources from earlier Dutch and English atlases, The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator went through numerous editions with varying complements of maps. Included is a general map of the East Indies, followed by 105 detail maps. These maps include those of the African coast, Rio de Janiero on the coast of Brazil, the Indian and Pacific Oceans, India, Bengal, Singapore, Malabar, Sumatra, Java, Batavia, Borneo, China and Japan. The final map is of the southern extremity of New Holland "with the new discovered River" from Capt. John Hayes See Phillips Atlases 3169-70 and 3172 (no edition with the 1799 title-page listed).
The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator, on One Hundred and Eighteen Plates: Containing a Complete Collection of Charts and Plans, &c., &c. for the Navigation not only of the Indian and China Seas, but of those also between England and the Cape of Good-Hope; Improved and Chiefly Composed from the Last Work of M. D'Apres de Mannevillette; with Considerable Additions, from Private Manuscripts of the Dutch, and from Draughts and Actual Surveys Communicated By Officers of the East-India Company A New Edition, Containing One Hundred and Five Charts . London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1799.
The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator, on One Hundred and Eighteen Plates: Containing a Complete Collection of Charts and Plans, &c., &c. for the Navigation not only of the Indian and China Seas, but of those also between England and the Cape of Good-Hope; Improved and Chiefly Composed from the Last Work of M. D'Apres de Mannevillette; with Considerable Additions, from Private Manuscripts of the Dutch, and from Draughts and Actual Surveys Communicated By Officers of the East-India Company A New Edition, Containing One Hundred and Five Charts . London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1799. Broadsheets (634 x 447 mm). Letterpress title, list of charts and plates. 106 engraved double-page maps (some occasional spotting and soiling, heavier on verso of map 100, "Port of Subec"). Contemporary English mottled calf, covers with simple gilt-rolled border, a central green morocco lettering piece with title "East India Pilot" in gilt, spine gilt-ruled and with gilt figure of a ship stamped in seven compartments, a red morocco lettering piece in the remaining (repairs at spine ends and corners, some rubbing). Provenance : William Heather & Co., Chart and Map Sellers, 157 Leadenhall Street, London (contemporary engraved label on pastedown). AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING The East-India Pilot was intented to provide accurate charts for navigating all the coasts which might be encountered between England and the East Indies. Also included were charts for navigating between England and the Cape of Good Hope. Combining sources from earlier Dutch and English atlases, The East-India Pilot, or Oriental Navigator went through numerous editions with varying complements of maps. Included is a general map of the East Indies, followed by 105 detail maps. These maps include those of the African coast, Rio de Janiero on the coast of Brazil, the Indian and Pacific Oceans, India, Bengal, Singapore, Malabar, Sumatra, Java, Batavia, Borneo, China and Japan. The final map is of the southern extremity of New Holland "with the new discovered River" from Capt. John Hayes See Phillips Atlases 3169-70 and 3172 (no edition with the 1799 title-page listed).
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