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 STAUNTON, Sir George Leonard (1737-1801). - J. BARROW (cartographer)
[Southeastern China] A Chart on Mercator's projection, containing the Track and Soundings of the Lion, the Hindostan and Tenders, from Turon-Bay in Cochin-China to the mouth of the Pei-Ho River in the Gulph of Pe-Tche-Lee or Pekin
London: Published by George Nicol, April 12th, 1796. Copper-engraved map by B. Baker after J. Barrow, on wove Whatman paper. Good condition with neat restoration to margins, occasionally affecting the image area, some old folds. Sheet size: 23 x 30 1/4 inches.
An attractive chart of the coast of China from Staunton's seminal work "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China", which was a record of the Earl of Macartney's embassy to the Emperor of China.
Macartney was dispatched to Beijing in 1792, traveling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton's 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador's page. On the embassy's arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. The embassy, the first such to China, had two objectives: the first to register with the Emperor, British displeasure at the treatment that the British merchants were receiving from the Chinese, the second to gain permission for a British minister to be resident in China. The first objective was achieved, the second was not. Macartney was twice granted an audience with the Emperor and in December 1793 he was sumptuously entertained by the Chinese viceroy in Canton, and returned to England via Macao and St. Helena, arriving in September 1794. This important work produced some of the earliest accurate maps of the interior of China and provided many invaluable geographical and cultural observations.
This rare chart depicts the track of the vessels carrying the Embassy along the coast of China with a note of the dates as well as a series of depth soundings in fathoms.
Brunet V,525; Cordier Sinica 2381-2383; Cox I, 344; Hill p.280; Lust 545
#21525 $550.00  
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 THORNTON, John (1641-1708) & Samuel (fl.1703-39)
[Andra Pradesh] A New Chart of Part of the Coast of Coremandell from Aregon to Bimlepatam
London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 19 x 22 3/4 inches.
A very fine sea chart of the coast of Andra Pradesh from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'
This very fine sea chart embraces the coastline of India's modern day state of Andra Pradesh. While visited by European traders, the region was in the eighteenth-century firmly under the control of the Mughal Empire. The fertile coastal plain, that lies between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal is depicted. The sea is elegantly traversed by rhumb lines, and a handsome title cartouche bordered with a braided leaf pattern adorns the upper left corner.
In 1671, the London cartographer John Seller (fl.1664-97) commenced work on The English Pilot, a work that intended to challenge Dutch hegemony in the sea atlas market. Intended to be published in four books covering different regions of the globe, Seller published an uncompleted book on 'Oriental navigation' in 1675. Unable to continue this Herculean endeavour, Seller sold his rights to John Thornton, the official hydrographer to the English East India Company. Thornton took up the project with great fervour, publishing his first editions in 1689. Thornton did not publish his first edition of the Third Book, detailing navigation in the East Indies, until 1703. While Thornton largely based his charts on those of earlier Dutch cartographers, most notably those found in Pieter Goos' Zee-Spiegel and Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Mariner's Mirror, The English Pilot proved to be enormously popular. When John Thornton died in 1708, his brother Samuel took over the business and added to and modified existing charts. All four books were produced in editions until the 1760s, the Third Book ran into twelve editions up to 1761. The project succeeded in giving the English dominance in the sea chart market as the eighteenth-century progressed.
Cf. Phillips, Atlases, 4278-26; Verner & Skelton (eds.), John Thornton - The English Pilot: The Third Book (Facsimile 1703 edition)
#19531$2,500.00
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 THORNTON, John (1641-1708) & Samuel (fl.1703-39)
[China, Zhejiang Province] A Large Draught of the North Part of China Shewing the Passages and the Chanells into the Harbour of Chusan
London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 23 x 35 1/2 inches.
A very fine sea chart of China's Zhejiang Province, from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'
This elegant and large sea chart captures China's modern day Zhejiang province. Located on the East China sea, just below the Yangtze Delta, this region was of major interest to European traders during the eighteenth-century. It features the major port of Zhousan (Chusan), and was the location of the entrance of the Grand Canal of China. The canal, construction of which began in the 5th-century B.C., was then the oldest and longest man-made waterway in the world, which allowed barges to travel hundreds to Beijing.
In 1671, the London cartographer John Seller (fl.1664-97) commenced work on The English Pilot, a work that intended to challenge Dutch hegemony in the sea atlas market. Intended to be published in four books covering different regions of the globe, Seller published an uncompleted book on 'Oriental navigation' in 1675. Unable to continue this Herculean endeavour, Seller sold his rights to John Thornton, the official hydrographer to the English East India Company. Thornton took up the project with great fervour, publishing his first editions in 1689. Thornton did not publish his first edition of the Third Book, detailing navigation in the East Indies, until 1703. While Thornton largely based his charts on those of earlier Dutch cartographers, most notably those found in Pieter Goos' Zee-Spiegel and Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Mariner's Mirror, The English Pilot proved to be enormously popular. When John Thornton died in 1708, his brother Samuel took over the business and added to and modified existing charts. All four books were produced in editions until the 1760s, the Third Book ran into twelve editions up to 1761. The project succeeded in giving the English dominance in the sea chart market as the eighteenth-century progressed.
Cf. Phillips, Atlases, 4278-36; Verner & Skelton (eds.), John Thornton - The English Pilot: The Third Book (Facsimile 1703 edition)
#19538$5,000.00
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 THORNTON, John (1641-1708) & Samuel (fl.1703-39)
[Java Sea, including Bali and Lombok] A Large Draught from Benjar on the Island of Borneo to Macassar on the Island of Celebes
London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 19 x 22 3/4 inches.
A very elegant sea chart of Indonesia's Java Sea from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'
This very fine sea chart depicts the Java Sea, in the very heart of the Indonesian Archipelago. By the early eighteenth-century this area was well-known to mariners, having been extensively explored first by the Portuguese and later by agents of the Dutch East India Company (the V.O.C.). East Java is depicted in the lower left corner, and further east are the paradisiacal islands of Bali and Lombok. Following the chain are the islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Kalimantan, Borneo is depicted in the upper right of the map, and on the far right side is Celebes, on which the handsome title cartouche is featured. The sea is elegantly traversed by rhumb lines that radiate from compass roses.
In 1671, the London cartographer John Seller (fl.1664-97) commenced work on The English Pilot, a work that intended to challenge Dutch hegemony in the sea atlas market. Intended to be published in four books covering different regions of the globe, Seller published an uncompleted book on 'Oriental navigation' in 1675. Unable to continue this Herculean endeavour, Seller sold his rights to John Thornton, the official hydrographer to the English East India Company. Thornton took up the project with great fervour, publishing his first editions in 1689. Thornton did not publish his first edition of the Third Book, detailing navigation in the East Indies, until 1703. While Thornton largely based his charts on those of earlier Dutch cartographers, most notably those found in Pieter Goos' Zee-Spiegel and Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Mariner's Mirror, The English Pilot proved to be enormously popular. When John Thornton died in 1708, his brother Samuel took over the business and added to and modified existing charts. All four books were produced in editions until the 1760s, the Third Book ran into twelve editions up to 1761. The project succeeded in giving the English dominance in the sea chart market as the eighteenth-century progressed.
Cf. Phillips, Atlases, 4278-37; Verner & Skelton (eds.), John Thornton - The English Pilot: The Third Book (Facsimile 1703 edition)
#19528$3,500.00
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 THORNTON, John (1641-1708) & Samuel (fl.1703-39)
[Kalimantan] A Large Draught of the South Part of Borneo
London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 19 x 22 3/4 inches.
A very attractive sea chart of southern Borneo, from the celebrated Third Book of the 'English Pilot'
This very attractive sea chart depicts Kalimantan, now the Indonesian section of Borneo and the adjacent part of the Java Sea. While the delineation of the coast is geographically well assured, the interior of the island is shown to be virtually unknown. Inhabited by fierce indigenous tribes and exotic animals, agents of the Dutch East Indian Company, who then nominally controlled the coasts, were afraid to venture into the interior. Indeed, parts of Borneo have not even been fully explored to this day. The Java Sea is elegantly adorned with rhumb lines that radiate from a compass rose and from centerpoints placed on an invisible circle. A handsome title cartouche embellishes the lower left corner of the composition.
In 1671, the London cartographer John Seller (fl.1664-97) commenced work on The English Pilot, a work that intended to challenge Dutch hegemony in the sea atlas market. Intended to be published in four books covering different regions of the globe, Seller published an uncompleted book on 'Oriental navigation' in 1675. Unable to continue this Herculean endeavour, Seller sold his rights to John Thornton, the official hydrographer to the English East India Company. Thornton took up the project with great fervour, publishing his first editions in 1689. Thornton did not publish his first edition of the Third Book, detailing navigation in the East Indies, until 1703. While Thornton largely based his charts on those of earlier Dutch cartographers, most notably those found in Pieter Goos' Zee-Spiegel and Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Mariner's Mirror, The English Pilot proved to be enormously popular. When John Thornton died in 1708, his brother Samuel took over the business and added to and modified existing charts. All four books were produced in editions until the 1760s, the Third Book ran into twelve editions up to 1761. The project succeeded in giving the English dominance in the sea chart market as the eighteenth-century progressed.
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich), chart G258:2/17; Cf. Phillips, Atlases, 4278-38; Verner & Skelton (eds.), John Thornton - The English Pilot: The Third Book (Facsimile 1703 edition)
#19536$2,500.00
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 THORNTON, John (1641-1708) & Samuel (fl.1703-39)
[Orissa] A New Chart of the Coast of Orixa and Galconda
London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. Sheet size: 19 x 22 3/4 inches.
A very fine sea chart of the coast of Orissa from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'
This elegant sea chart features India's modern day Orissa state. In the eighteenth-century this region, although visited by European traders, was still firmly under the control of the Mughal Empire. A relatively calm region of the Coromandel Coast, Orissa has long been celebrated for its Hindhu holy sites and magnificent temples. The various ports and fishing villages are labelled on the chart, and the sea is elegantly traversed by loxodromes and compass roses. A handsome title cartouche adorns the upper left corner.
In 1671, the London cartographer John Seller (fl.1664-97) commenced work on The English Pilot, a work that intended to challenge Dutch hegemony in the sea atlas market. Intended to be published in four books covering different regions of the globe, Seller published an uncompleted book on 'Oriental navigation' in 1675. Unable to continue this Herculean endeavour, Seller sold his rights to John Thornton, the official hydrographer to the English East India Company. Thornton took up the project with great fervour, publishing his first editions in 1689. Thornton did not publish his first edition of the Third Book, detailing navigation in the East Indies, until 1703. While Thornton largely based his charts on those of earlier Dutch cartographers, most notably those found in Pieter Goos' Zee-Spiegel and Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Mariner's Mirror, The English Pilot proved to be enormously popular. When John Thornton died in 1708, his brother Samuel took over the business and added to and modified existing charts. All four books were produced in editions until the 1760s, the Third Book ran into twelve editions up to 1761. The project succeeded in giving the English dominance in the sea chart market as the eighteenth-century progressed.
Cf. Phillips, Atlases, 4278-27; Verner & Skelton (eds.), John Thornton - The English Pilot: The Third Book (Facsimile 1703 edition)
#19530$2,500.00
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 THORNTON, John (1641-1708) & Samuel (fl.1703-39)
[West Java and Sunda Straits] A New and Correct Chart of Part of the Island of Java from the West End to Batavia with the Streights of Sunda
London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition, with contemporary mariner's manuscript notations. Sheet size: 19 x 22 3/4 inches.
A very elegant and highly important sea chart of West Java and the Sunda Straits, from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot'
This highly attractive sea chart depicts one of the most important trading areas of Asia. The Sunda Straits are today one of the World's most important shipping lanes, being one of the main routes between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The southern portion of the massive island of Sumatra adorns the upper right of the chart, while West Java figures in the lower left. Batavia, now the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, was then the nucleus of the trading empire controlled by the Dutch East India Company (the V.O.C.). The seas are elegantly traversed by rhumb lines, and highly detailed navigation information is provided for the benefit of mariners. Importantly, in the upper left this chart is embellished with a contemporary manuscript drawing of a scale of latitude lines and navigational notations, drafted in a very neat, refined hand. It would be safe to infer that this was the work of an eighteenth-century sailor.
In 1671, the London cartographer John Seller (fl.1664-97) commenced work on The English Pilot, a work that intended to challenge Dutch hegemony in the sea atlas market. Intended to be published in four books covering different regions of the globe, Seller published an uncompleted book on 'Oriental navigation' in 1675. Unable to continue this Herculean endeavour, Seller sold his rights to John Thornton, the official hydrographer to the English East India Company. Thornton took up the project with great fervour, publishing his first editions in 1689. Thornton did not publish his first edition of the Third Book, detailing navigation in the East Indies, until 1703. While Thornton largely based his charts on those of earlier Dutch cartographers, most notably those found in Pieter Goos' Zee-Spiegel and Lucas Janz Waghenaer's Mariner's Mirror, The English Pilot proved to be enormously popular. When John Thornton died in 1708, his brother Samuel took over the business and added to and modified existing charts. All four books were produced in editions until the 1760s, the Third Book ran into twelve editions up to 1761. The project succeeded in giving the English dominance in the sea chart market as the eighteenth-century progressed.
Cf. Phillips, Atlases, 4278-31; Verner & Skelton (eds.), John Thornton - The English Pilot: The Third Book (Facsimile 1703 edition)
#19533$3,500.00
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