1759 Abel Tasman at Tongatapu, Tonga, Pacific, Schley, map, travel

Jakob van der Schley & Jacques Nicolas Bellin

''Isle Amsterdam''

Pubished in Amsterdam, 1757

Domensions: 23.5 x 17.5cm, 9.25 x 7 inches

Finely detailed map of the Straits of Magellan, Patagonia and the southern part of the Andes, etc.

After the ship diary entry by Abel Tasman, showing both ships in the bay (A), the inhabitants of Tongatapu with presents (B and E), showing their cano (C), how they fish (D), and where the king lives (F).

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.