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Stock# 54404
Description
Rare Map of Asia Showing the Sea of Korea (Mer de Coree)
Rare separately issued map of Asia, published by Clouet, first issued in 1764.
The map locates the Manilla Galeon Trade route from the Philippines to Acapulco, Mexico, along with the 1778 and 1779 route of Cook and Clarke.
This late edition, in full orginal color, was likely re-issued to illustrate Cook's voyages.
This edition of the map is apparently very rare on the market and is the first example we have ever seen.
Condition Description
Minor repair at lower right corner, just entering printed image and some minor spotting.
Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet Biography
Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet (1730-ca. 1790) was a mapmaker with premises in both Paris and Cadiz. He was eventually named Royal Geographer of the Academie des Sciences de Rouen. Although he made several lavish wall maps, he is best known for Geographie Moderne (1776-93).
![Carte des parties Nord et Est de L'Asie qui comprend les costes de Russie asiatique le Kamschatka, le Iesso et les isles du Japon…[insets of Alaska, West, AZ and Conibas]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/84040.jpg)
