1825 Philippe Vandermaelen Large Antique Map Admiralty or Manus Islands Pacific SE Asia It is located within the

It is located within the Haapai Group in the centre of the country

He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787

as a young man

Western Australia on 12 September 1818 where he set up an observatory

1825 Philippe Vandermaelen Large Antique Map Admiralty or Manus Islands Pacific SE Asia It is located within theTitle : Iles De L Amiraute Ref #: 17005 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Size: 28 1 2in x 21in (725mm x 550mm) Date : 1825 Description: This very large original hand coloured antique lithograph map of the Admiralty or Manus Islands, north of New Guinea, in the South Pacific was published by Philippe Vandermaelen in his revolutionary 1825 Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique. Until the publication of this atlas,