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Map Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans. Carte d'une partie de la Chine, les isles Philippines, de la Sonde, Molusques, de Papoesi

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Title

  • Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans.

Other Title

  • Carte d'une partie de la Chine, les isles Philippines, de la Sonde, Molusques, de Papoesi

Summary

  • This 18th-century map of southeast Asia and parts of China was published in Amsterdam by the firm of Covens and Mortier. Pieter Mortier (1661-1711) built up a business that prospered by publishing new editions of atlases by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, Nicolas de Fer, and other French mapmakers. Mortier also acquired the stock of the Dutch mapmaker Frederik de Wit and the right to reprint his maps. When Mortier died, the business passed to his son Cornelis (1699-1783). In 1721, Cornelis married the sister of Johannes Covens (1697-1774). In the same year, Cornelis Mortier and his brother-in-law founded the firm of Covens and Mortier. Their maps and atlases were among the best known cartographic publications of the century. The title of this map is in French, but many of the place names and notes have been translated into Dutch.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : Cóvens e Mortier, 1760.

Headings

  • -  China
  • -  Indonesia
  • -  Philippines
  • -  1760
  • -  Indochina

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 hand colored engraved map; 55.6 x 50.2 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668311

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Chicago citation style:

Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans. Amsterdam: Cóvens e Mortier, 1760. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668311/.

APA citation style:

(1760) Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans. Amsterdam: Cóvens e Mortier. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668311/.

MLA citation style:

Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans. Amsterdam: Cóvens e Mortier, 1760. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668311/>.