LAURIE & WHITTLE: “A New Chart of the Java Sea, within the Isles of Sunda; with its Straits, and the Adjacent Seas.”

Lot #786 - LAURIE & WHITTLE: “A New Chart of the Java Sea, within the Isles of Sunda; with its Straits, and the Adjacent Seas.”

Auction House:

Mossgreen
Sale Name:

Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historial
Sale Date:

09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 1: 10.30am (Lots 501 - 815)
09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 2: 2pm (Lots 816 - 1105)
Lot #:

786
Lot Description:

LAURIE & WHITTLE: “A New Chart of the Java Sea, within the Isles of Sunda; with its Straits, and the Adjacent Seas.”
London, 1799; 59 x 87 cm.
Notes:

A stunning chart of the Java Sea including part of Sumatra, Java, Bali and the southern coast of Borneo. Includes rhumb lines, depths and shoals, the paths of previous explorations, a compass rose and an inset, “The East Side of Isle Lubeck, with the Osterly Shoals”. The coast lines are further illustrated with ten topographical cross sections.
Estimate:

A$1,000 - 1,500
Realised Price:

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Category:

Books & Manuscripts

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