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Extremely rare English sea chart of the Gulf of Siam, Thailand, Malaysia and a portion of the Straits of Malaca, Cambodia and Vietnam, from William Herbert's New Directory for the East Indies.
The Chao Phraya River is charted through "Siam" (Ayutthaya). Cambodia and Vietnam, and the Mekong appear prominently. The map clearly identifies the Paracel Islands.
Includes extensive details and soundings, along with two profile views in the lower left corner. The northeastern part of Borneo is also shown. The focus of the map is on the coastal features, but there is also detail along several of the major rivers.
The English mapmaker William Herbert (1718-95) traveled to India in about 1748 as a purser's clerk. Back home in the early 1750s, he set up a map and print shop on London Bridge, and in 1758, with the encouragement of the East India Company, he introduced a new pilot guide, the New Directory for the East Indies. Herbert gathered superior sources than those used in Mount & Page's The Third Book, consulting such works as Mannevillette's Neptune Oriental, as well as the navigator William Nicholson and the cartographer Samuel Dunn.
The English mapmaker William Herbert (1718-95) traveled to India in about 1748 as a purser's clerk. Herbert's cartographic publishing started to take form in the late 1740s, when he set up a map and print shop on London Bridge. In 1758, with the encouragement of the East India Company, he introduced a new pilot guide, A New Directory for the East Indies. Herbert gathered superior sources than those used in Mount & Page's The Third Book, consulting such works as Mannevillette's Neptune Oriental, as well as the navigator William Nicholson and the cartographer Samuel Dunn. He often worked with colleagues, including Jefferys, Sayers, Dury, and Andrews, and is recorded as a seller of the famous Anti-Gallican map. In 1776 he retired, having apparently made a fortune. His business was carried on by Henry Gregory Sr.
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