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Auction 178, Lot 491
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"A New Map of the Philippine Islands, Drawn from the Best Authorities", Kitchin, Thomas

Subject: Philippines

Period: 1765 (circa)

Publication: Smollett's Continuation of the History of England Vol. V

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.6 x 9.1 inches
16.8 x 23.1 cm
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This is an uncommon map focused on the Philippines. It provides nice detail of the islands and is decorated with a compass rose and a delicately engraved title cartouche. The disputed territory Panacot (Scarborough Shoal) is depicted off the coast of Luzon. After Admiral Cornish's capture of Manila in 1762, there was an increase in British interest in the cartography of the Philippines. This map was published in Tobias George Smollett's Continuation of the History of England, his extension of David Hume's Complete History of England.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression issued folding with binding holes in the top blank margin.

Estimate: $475 - $600

Sold for: $650

Closed on 6/10/2020

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