ABOUT THE WORK

Exceedingly rare map from ‘’Continuation of the Complete History of England”, published by Tobias George Smollett in 1765, in London. The book contains a contemporary description of the Philippines and the British Conquest of Manila with this supporting map engraved in 1763 precisely during those occupational years. The map identifies Scarborough Shoal as “Panacot” and was used as part of the collection of antique maps submitted by the Philippines to UNICLOS (The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.) Printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher OxfordTheatre and R. Baldwin at the Rose, in Paternoster Row.