{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":38599,"auction_id":53,"set_id":81,"lot_number":"60","artist":"Pedro Murillo Velarde","title":"Mapa Delas Yslas Pilipinas","starting_price":2800000,"signed_dated":null,"medium":"Hand-Colored Copper Engraving","size":"20 1/2” x 13” (52 cm x 33 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":"Carlos Quirino, Philippine Cartography 1320-1899, FilipinianaClásica, third edition with an introduction by Leovino Ma. Garcia (Quezon City: Vibal Foundation, 2010, pp. 67, 128 . Leovino Ma. Garcia, “Mapping the Manila-Acapulco Trade,” in Kabarkadáhan, La Ruta del Galeón Manila – Acapulco: Anggaleong nag-uugnaysa Manila at Acapulco (Pasay City: UNESCO Commission of the Philippines: 2016), pp. 2-17","write_up":"The most coveted map today, after Pedro Murillo  Velarde’s 1734 map Carta Hydrographica y  Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas (which was  auctioned off for twelve million pesos at Sotheby’s  in November 2014) by lovers of maps is undoubtedly this 1744 edition by the erudite Spanish Jesuit. \nIn this version also engraved by the “Indio de  Tagalog”Nicolas de la Cruz de Bagay, we see St. Francis Xavier approaching the island of Mindanao, bolstering the 18th century fond belief that the “Apostle of the Indies” set foot there.  St. Francis Xavier is holding a crucifix with the Jesuit flag attached to it.  He is riding in a raft protected by cherubims. In his book Philippine Cartography, the National Artist for Historical Literature Carlos Quirino wrote: “Legend had it that St. Francis had lost the crucifix during a storm in the Moluccas.  Twenty-four hours later, while walking on the sandy beach, a giant crab emerged from the sea carrying aloft the cross to return it to the Jesuit missionary.” A legend to explain the existence of large crabs marked with a cross on their backs in Cagayan de Oro? That may be.  This charming map shows the disputed island “Panacot” (also called Scarborough Shoal  or Bajo de Masinloc).  In the medallion at the top, one recognizes a tindera (market vendor), an Aeta, a Muslim, an Igorot, a Sangleyand  a sabungero stroking his rooster. \nA Chinese junk and a Spanish galleon remind us that the Philippines after 1565 became “a vital crossroads” because it was Spain’s springboard to China, Japan, the Spice Islands, and other Southeast Asian countries.  Manila was not only the terminus of the Pacific trade route but also the launching pad between the west coast of the Americas and the east coast of South Asia.  The Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade, which lasted for two and a half centuries from 1565 to 1815, contributed to the discovery of the existence of many different worlds, which led to the paradoxical awareness of a single global world.","lot_group":"Objet D' Arts","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>Mapa de las Yslas Philipinas</strong><br /><em>Pedro Murillo Velarde</em><br />1744<br />hand-colored copper engraving<br />20 1/2&rdquo; x 13&rdquo; (52 cm x 33 cm)</p>","alias":null,"hp":2800000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":2800000,"userBid":5926,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":3270400,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":36873,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/53/81/lot/60.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[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":59,"next":61,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}