An Accurate Map of the East Indies Exhibiting the Course of the European Trade both on the Continent and Islands. Drawn from the best modern Maps and Charts and adjusted by Astronomical Observations.

Description

copper engraving.

EXTREMELY RARE map from John Harris’s Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels…, 2nd edition. A collection of all known voyages … [Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca] is valuable for the original impressions of the fine series of maps by Emanuel Bowen based on the design of Herman Moll. This particular map features the various trade winds identified by arrows and etched lines.