Antique map-SEA CHART-RED SEA-JEDDAH-MOCHA-YEMEN-ARABIA-Mannevillette-1775

Engraving on hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 76.8 x 55.2 cm. The image size is ca. 66.3 x 48.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 30.2 x 21.7 inch. The image size is ca. 26.1 x 19.1 inch.

Antique map, titled: ‘Carte de la Mer Rouge, depuis Moka jusqu’a Gedda.’ – A chart of the Red Sea, showing both banks from Mocha (Yemen) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Coastal towns and geographical features are detailed, with depth soundings and three inset maps show details of areas. The map was published by Jean-Baptiste d’Apres de Mannevillette in ‘Neptune Oriental.’, in 1775.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Guillaume Delahaye’ after ‘Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d’Apres de Mannevillette’. Jean Baptiste d’Apres de Mannevillette was a prominent French hydrographer and cartographer, and a superior officer in the French East India Company. He was known for charting the coasts of India and China during the 18th century. Mannevillette’s work was internationally renowned, and his charts and atlases were important resources for ships navigating the region. His atlas “Le Neptune Oriental” was an authoritative and widely used source in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and drew on Mannevillette’s own experience as a navigator and naval officer in the seas of Asia.

Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. A few small stains in the lower right margin and image corner. Paper damaged in the right margin, with old restoration. Faint offsetting where the print was folded over itself. Lower margin faintly dampstained. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MAP-SEA CHART-RED SEA-JEDDAH-MOCHA-YEMEN-ARABIA-MANNEVILLETTE

(PCO) GK-087