Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: No
Dealers ID No.: 50749
Description: This regional chart is the third and final of Robert Dudleys general charts of Asia, featured in his important maritime atlas DellArcano del Mare (Secrets of the Sea), first published in Florence between 1646 and 1647, and reissued in an updated two-volume edition in 1661 under the shortened title Arcano del Mare. The chart is engraved by Antonio Francesco Lucini and bears the notation L.o2.o in the title cartouche, indicating its position in Book VI, page 2 of the second edition.nThe map depicts an extensive region of the Pacific and adjacent Asian waters. It includes the northern coastline of New Guinea, and extends eastward into the Pacific, marking the Solomon Islands and other island groups. To the north, it reaches about 45 latitude, where it shows a long eastern coastline of Isola Di Iezoa speculative depiction of Japan, possibly conflated with Hokkaido. In the northwest corner, part of the North American coast, including Cape Mendocino, is visible, accompanied by a reference to Cristóbal de Mendoza, the early Spanish explorer of the Pacific coast.nThe chart reflects Dudleys effort to merge Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish knowledge into a unified vision of global navigation, combining speculative geography with empirical observation.Book VI, in which this chart appears, also includes a range of detailed sea charts covering the East Indies and the Pacific. These include View Record (#172), charting Australias western and northern coastlines; View Record (#223), a detailed depiction of the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java; View Record (#224), which maps the islands of Celebes, Timor, Banda, and surrounding regions; View Record (#274), showing islands in the South Sea discovered in 1617; View Record (#275), a speculative chart of eastern Hokkaido and the adjacent strait with America; and View Record (#276), tracing the Pacific from the Solomon Islands to the coast of Lima in Peru.nTogether, these maps reflect Dudleys broad maritime vision and his ambition to synthesise the most advanced navigational knowledge of the seventeenth century into a coherent and elegantly presented atlas.
Engraver: Lucini, Antonio Francesco
First published: Dell' Arcano del mare Florence: Francesco Onofri, 1646-47
Image Size (cm): 38×46.5
Mapmaker: Dudley, Robert (1574-1649)
Notes: Purchase details
Primary Category: Asia
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: On the East Indies maps see, David Parry, The Cartography of the East Indian Islands: Insulae Indiae Orientalis (London: Countrywide Editions, 2005), 13749, 140, pl. 5.10.
Sheet size (cm): 39.5×51.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1661
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