1745 Moll - MAP OF EAST INDIES - Ceylon to Formosa Start Price USD 199.99 Current Price USD 199.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 11, 2008 Location North of Seattle See more about '1745 Moll - MAP OF EAST INDIES - Ceylon to Formosa' Description       1.888.656.2006   or   1.604.922.2444       questions@voyager-press.com Search by Topic Africa America - North America -South Arabia - Middle East Arctic - Antarctic Asia - Central Asia - China & Japan Asia - Southeast Australia & Pacific Bibliographies Europe Globes Graphic Arts Literature Maps & Prints Mountaineering Natural History Russia Sciences Signed & Inscribed Sir Richard F. Burton     Original Antique Map of Southeast Asia Map Title: A Chart of ye East-Indies. With the Coast of Persia, China, also the Philipina, Moluca and Sunda Islands, &c. by Hermann Moll, Geographer Printed: London, 1745 A remarkable and scarce Moll map detailing coastlines of the Indian Ocean and Indonesia, with several obsolete placenames. Extends west from the Persian Gulf and northern Madagascar, northeast to Korea and Kyushu, Japan, and the southeast as far as Van Dieman's Land, New Holland (Australia). Showing several Atlantic and Pacific islands including the Seychelles and Maldives, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Malacca on the Malay Peninsula, Siam (Thailand), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Maluccas and New Guinea, the Philippines, and Formosa (Taiwan). Two large compass roses and rhumb lines make this a very attractive sea chart. Original eighteenth century engraving, slightly age-toned, otherwise well preserved and in Very Good condition, with strong impression. Sheet measures approximately 14 inches x 18.5 inches (35cm x 47cm). Image measures approximately 11 inches x 14 inches (27,5cm x 35cm) Herman Moll: "Engraver, geographer and bookseller of Dutch origin. Came to England 1678. Worked as engraver fro Moses Pitt, Greenville Collins, John Adair, and Seller & Price. Started selling maps in Vanleys Court Blackfriars but later settled in Devereux Court Strand"(Tooley's p.444).   Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!