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London,, 1864.. 1025 by 1320mm. (40.25 by 52 inches).. Blueback chart. Rare large sea chart of the Bay of Bengal and environs, published in 1648 by James Imray. The map provides a fine treatment of the region, including a number of large harbor insets and notes with sailing directions, tidal observations, etc.

London,: Published by James Imray & Son, 89 & 102 Minories, , 1872. 1050 by 550mm. (41.25 by 21.75 inches).. Large engraved chart on two joined sheets, lighthouses and hazards heightened with red and yellow pen and ink, laid down on linen Even though the early Dutch and English voyages to the Spice Islands had used the Sunda Strait to access the Indonesian archipelago, the most proven route to the Moluccas was via the Malacca and Singapore Straits, held by the Portuguese from 1511 to 1641, when it came under Dutch rule. It would still be nearly two hundred years before the English turned their attention in earnest to gaining the strategic advantage of present-day Singapore at the eastern entrance to the Straits. In 1818, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, FRS (1781 1826), who was the then disgruntled Lieutenant-Governor of the British settlement of Bencoolen in southwest Sumatra, persuaded the EIC to establish a base at Singapore, the strategic location of which Alexander Hamilton had… Read More

London,: No.4 New Square, Minories,, [c1859].. (sheet) 245 by 200mm (9.75 by 7.75 inches); (plate) 120 by 160mm (4.75 by 6.25 inches).. Prints,""Barnard Isaacson, Importer & Purchaser of Wild Animals, W is for Wild Animal Importer Engraved trade card, with manuscript annotations in ink. During the long eighteenth century, the exotic animal trade in Britain, and in London in particular, increased exponentially as goods and creatures from abroad became more readily available, and the number of people wealthy enough to purchase them also grew. In addition to the menageries and museums, where such animals were displayed, exotic creatures were also prescribed as ingredients in cosmetics and perfumes, including snuff, wig power and pomade, including in anatomical collections and museums as examples of natural history, and ultimately used as testament to the supreme global power of Great Britain. Most animal dealers at the start of the eighteenth century were itinerant merchants trading their exotic… Read More