Robert de Vaugondy’s Map of Southeast Asia Mapmaker(s)_Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu

Robert de Vaugondy’s Map of Southeast Asia Mapmaker(s)_Sébastien Pontault de BeaulieuArchipel des Indes Orientales, qui comprend les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines, tires des Cartes du Neptune Oriental This map of Indonesia and the Philippines was derived from the Neptune Orientale, and features an inset of the Marianas. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 49. 5 x 62. 5 cm, engraved by Guillaume Delhaye, original hand colour in outline, blank verso. References Pedley, Bel et Utile: the Work of the Robert de Vaugondy

It was an immensely popular work: over forty editions were issued in half a dozen languages Latin

de la Servie et de la Bulgarie

perhaps on Lüneburg Heath

A sea chart of Foça

A map sponsored by the Evening News

Bowen’s maps in the System of Geography

several joints skilfully renewed

In the straightened financial environment of post-Restoration London

the Met was directly involved in residential property development

wiping out innumerable fortunes after a period of intense speculation

5 maps (hand-coloured in outline) and 35 vignette views and plans of British towns and harbours

but otherwise there is little emphasis on international boundaries