Attractive map depicts the southern islands of the Philippine archipelago, including Mindanao, Palawan, Panay, and part of Borneo. The map has good detail throughout and is adorned by a lovely rococo-style title cartouche. Although Bellin credits Jesuit priest Pedro Murillo Velarde as the source for the cartography of the region, Velarde's original map did not include the mythical island of St. Johann, which is here depicted to the east of Mindanao.

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Condition: B

A crisp impression, issued folding on a lightly toned, watermarked sheet with minor offsetting and an archivally repaired fold separation in the top margin. There is a tear that enters 1" into the image at right that has been closed on verso with non-archival tape.