{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":56539,"auction_id":110,"set_id":144,"lot_number":"114","artist":"Antonio Coello / Francisco Morata","title":"Posesiones de Oceanía. Islas Filipinas\nFrom Atlas de Espa\nña y sus posesiones de ultramar","starting_price":30000,"signed_dated":"Madrid, 1852.","medium":"Scale: 1 : 1,000,000","size":"31 1/4\" x 42 1/2\" (79 cm x 108 cm) each","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"First central sheet (Primera hoja central): Centered on Luzon and Mindoro, with focuses on the city of Manila, Manila Bay, the city of Cavite and the most important ports of Bicol. Originally, it had some colored territorial contours, rivers and mountains, but they have been erased over time and it almost has the original appearance. Since it was originally folded, only in the folds is it slightly obscured.
> Second central sheet (Segunda hoja central): Centered on Palawan, Calamianes, the Bisayan Islands, Mindanao and Isabela. Between the foci, the port of Cebu. The contours of the islands are colored in light blue, pink and yellow. The folds are slightly obscured.
Philippine Islands (Posesiones de Oceanía): in this map appear the parts that for reasons of space did not fit in the previous maps: the Batanes Islands, the Babuyanes Islands and the Sulu Islands. The north of Borneo and the island of Sanguir are also shown, with spotlights on the ports of Zamboanga, Isabela and Baras. In addition, a complete reduced map of the Philippines, fully colored. The outlines of the islands are also colored. Folds are noted, but there are no spots, no holes, and no darkness.
Francisco Coello de Portugal y Quesada (1822-1898), a distinguished Spanish cartographer and military luminary whose passion for exploration and precision mapping left an indelible mark on history. Coello, a graduate of the prestigious Academia de Ingenieros de Guadalajara, rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Spanish Corps of Engineers, serving in Algeria in 1844. His visionary spirit led him to establish the Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid in 1876, later revered as the Real Sociedad Geográfica de España (Royal Geographic Society of Spain).
Coello’s crowning achievement is his breathtaking atlas of Spain’s overseas territories, published in Madrid between 1848 and 1869. Designed to complement Pascual Madoz’s Diccionario Geográfico Estadístico Histórico, this ambitious project envisioned 65 meticulously crafted maps, with 45 ultimately completed. Each map, presented in elegant folded form with pocket covers, showcases Coello’s artistry and dedication to detail.
Among his masterpieces are the three monumental maps of the Philippines—some of the largest ever published. These maps captivate with intricate insets of key ports, vividly depicting topography, towns, anchorages, depth soundings, and navigational hazards. Built on the foundational work of Antonio Morata, with text attributed to Pascual Madoz, each map is a work of art, encased in paper boards adorned with the atlas title, a striking coat of arms on the front, and detailed notes on the back. Though sizes vary slightly, their impact is immeasurable, offering a window into a world of discovery and exploration.
This is undoubtedly the most influential map of the Philippines printed during the 19th century, and it was allegedly used during treating negotiations during the Philippine wars (1898-1902) against Spain and the US. Considered the first scientific map of the Philippines, due to his unprecedented size and wealth of details. This the 19th century equivalent of the 18th century Murillo Velarde map.
A must for Philippine collectors of maps.","lot_group":"MAPS","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":90000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":90000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":108144,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":60323,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/110/144/lot/114.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[70000,80000,90000,100000,110000,120000,130000,140000,150000,160000,170000,180000,190000,200000,220000,240000,260000,280000,300000,320000,340000,360000,380000,400000,450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":113,"next":115,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}