Description
Detailed map of China and Korea, extending to the Tartar regions in the west and showing Hainan and Formosa Islands.
Includes a 3 decorative cartouches.
The map appeared in a scarce Dutch edition of Bellin's History of Voyages, originally published in Paris.
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.