17th century miniature map of the Philippines
Les Isles Philippines 1682.
Paris, 1682. Coloured. 150 x 105mm, set in text.
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A miniature map of the Philippines, decorated with a sea-battle and a title cartouche in the shape of a scallop shell supported by hippocamps and a merman.
It was published in the 'Description de l'Univers', a five-volume work by Mallet (1630-1706), a military engineer, cartographer and mathematician in the service of the French King, Louis XIV.