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ABOUT THE WORK

This map shows the entirety of the Philippine sea, with a few land areas on the right side of the map. Featured here are the China Sea, the Philippine Sea, and the Babuyanes islands. This sea chart appeared in Dell’ Arcano del Mare, one of the rarest and most highly sought after sea atlases of the 17th century. An Englishman named Robert Dudley produced this work while living in Florence, Italy. Being the first sea atlas published by an Englishman and also the first one to treat the entire world, Dudley’s atlas is truly of utmost importance.