Description
Detailed map of Manchuria and the Northeast portion of Tartaria, including Sagallan Anga Hata--Isle de la Bouche Noire, etc. Includes a decorative title cartouche.
One of the maps produced by Nichlas Bellin for Prevost d'Exiles' influential travel book, L'Histoire Generale des Voyages.
J.V. Schley Biography
Jakob van der Schley was a skilled draftsman and engraver who operated out of Amsterdam and had strong ties with the Hague. He was trained by Bernard Picart and his style resembles that of the elder man. Van der Schely was known for intricately engraved portraits and frontispieces. He signed most of the plates used in the Hague edition of the Abbe Prevost's Histoire generale des voyages.