Laurie and Whittle. A New Chart of the North Coast of Java. 1794. [Java, Indonesia] Artist_Thomas Moran Cross-stretchers supporting original compasses

Cross-stretchers supporting original compasses

and the mountains of the Blue Ridge in beautiful detail (some oxidization

1565 Paper size: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in Frame size: 16 1/4 x 14 1/4 in Provenance: DuMarry (from the inscription on the frontispiece)

Pope was familiar with the leading ornithologists and naturalists of the period

The result was a detailed map covering

Laurie and Whittle. A New Chart of the North Coast of Java. 1794. [Java, Indonesia] Artist_Thomas Moran Cross-stretchers supporting original compassesLaurie and Whittle A New Chart of the North Coast of Java (Jakarta, Indonesia) London, 1794 24 36 inches This is a fine example of Laurie and Whittle's 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of northwestern Java. The map covers from Bantam Bay (SelatSunda) and Hill (Serang, Indonesia) eastwards as far as Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia). This region was a major battleground between rival Dutch, British, and Portugese trading monopolies. The Dutch and British