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Carte Des Detroits De Singapour Durian, Jombol et Rhio Dressee d'apres les travaux Anglais et Hollandais les plus recents . . . 1866

Maker / Publisher: DEPOT DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, 1870
Colored: Colored.
Size: 630 x 910 mm / 24.8 x 35.8 inches
Condition: Large margins. Lighthouses in yellow and red. Thick paper. With a hardly noticeable repair of a tear in the lower part of the right margin, entering 5 cm. into the engraved area.
   

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GRADING Overall Rating: 120 points, 9 stars
Historical Historical Significance: Very important *****
Beauty Beauty: General ****
Condition Condition Rating: Fine ****
Rarity Rarity: Very rare - Only several examples known. *****
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Rare separately issued chart of Singapore, extending to Johore, Battam, Bintang, Rempang, Galang, Jombol, Suji, Sanbon and neighboring islands, depicting coastal features, soundings, light houses, sailing directions and a host of other information.

The first edition of the map was published in 1866, utilizing French and English sources. Among other features, the maps prominently note the two lighthouses erected under the direction of John Turnbull Thomson.
The chart is one of the earliest maps to focus in significant detail on the region, following only 20 years after John Turnbull Thomson and Samuel Congalton's original survey work in the region led to the publication of his monumental 2 sheet chart of the region in 1846, which was later revised and re-issued in 1855.

This edition is updated to 1870 ( a later edition of 1887 is more commonly seen). The chart is drawn from a British Admiralty Chart entitled SINGAPORE STRAIT By Staff Commander JW Reed Navg Lieuts TH Tizard... Assisted by the Officers of HMS Rifleman 1865-1869.


Thomson arrived in the Malay Straits in 1838 and was employed by the East India Survey. In 1841, he was appointed Government Surveyor at Singapore and in 1844, became Superintendent of Roads and Public Works. Thomson was responsible for designing and constructing a number of notable engineering works including bridges, roads, and hospitals. He conducted the allotment survey of Singapore, the topographical survey of the island of Singapore and its dependencies, and the marine survey of the Straits of Singapore and the east coasts of Johore and Penang. His outstanding achievement was the erection of the Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca.

The chart appeared one year prior to the establishment of the Straits Settlements as a separate British Colony on April 1, 1867. With the advent of the steamship in the mid-1860s and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Singapore became a major port of call for ships plying between Europe and East Asia. With the development of rubber planting, especially after the 1870s, it also became the main sorting and export center in the world for rubber. By the end of the 19th Century, Singapore was experiencing unprecedented prosperity as its international trade expanded dramatically.





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