A Chart of Billiton Straits,
with the Track, Soundings &c. of the London East Indiaman, John Eastabrooke Esq: Commander. by Mr. John Inskip, late Second Mate of the above Ship.
London,
W. Darton & Co., Wh.t Lion Court, Birchin Lane,
Sept. 4th, 1788.
Engraved chart.
550 by 765mm. (21.75 by 30 inches).
17572
notes:
Apparently, the only recorded example of the only chart by John Inskip (died 1791), described in records as "mariner", who sailed with John Eastabrooke (died 1804) aboard the London East Indiaman to the East Indies in the late 1780s. The chart was published by William Darton, Sr., (1755-1819), from his very first premises in White Lion Court, which he occupied only briefly between 1787 and 1788. The Darton family of publishers were Quakers, best known for issuing books and ...
bibliography:
provenance:
Bellin’s Maldives
Ukraine and Russia
Stanford’s map of Central Africa
The Sunda Strait
Chart of the islands at the heart of the VOC controlled Indonesian archipelago
“in all these straits Piratical Proas usually Lurk, ready to Assault Defenceless Vessels…”
One of the earliest printed detailed charts of Java
One of the earliest maps to reference Singapore
“The first printed map of European origin devoted to Southeast Asia and its islands” (Suarez)
French manuscript chart of Java – the heart of the Dutch empire
Kingdoms of gold and silver
The explosive island of Krakatoa
The Sunda Strait
Charting a voyage of nearly two thousand nautical miles from the Sunda Strait to Hong Kong
The heart of VOC territory in Southeast Asia
“Cincapura au Cingapura” 


