Maps
Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume
Title:
Singapore / Malaysia - Presqu'Ile de Malacca
Date:
1828
Medium:
lithograph, with original colour
Size:
47.5 x 56 cms.
Description:
Oceanique No. 12. The peninsula of Malaya showing the Island of Dingding, Salangor, Malacca, the Straits of Malacca and the Island of Singapour. Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen {1795 - 1869} was born in Brussels. He was a cartographer, publisher and globemaker. His Atlas Universel contained 378 maps in 6 volumes. It was lithographed by Henri Ode and published in Brussels 1825-1827. It is thought to be the first world atlas on a uniform scale and the first to be produced by lithography.
References:
Tooleys Dictionary of Mapmakers Revised Edition Q - Z 2004
Item Code:
MA2090
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