Nieuwe Kaart van de Filippynsche, Ladrones, Moluccos of Specery Eilanden, als mede Celebes etc. [New Map of the Philippine, Marianas, Moluccos or Spice Islands, as well as Celebes etc.]

Description

original hand-colour copper engraving map from ‘Nieuwe en beknopte Hand-Atlas, bestaande in eene Verzameling van eenige der algemeenste en noodigste Landkaarten’ [New and Concise Hand Atlas, Consisting of a Collection of some of the most General and Necessary Maps].

Published by the Dutch publisher Isaak Tirion (1705-1765) in Amsterdam ca. 1759 (though the printed title reads 1744). His maps are mostly based on Guilaume Delisle – also de L’Isle – (1675-1726), the French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the New World.
Tirion was more of a bookseller and publisher than a geographer or cartographer. But he must have done very well by the cartographer under his employ as his maps excel in style and exactness.