Herbert, William
William Herbert (November 29, 1718 – March 18, 1795) was a British map seller, book seller, publisher, and surveyor based in London in the second half of the 18th century. Herbert was born in London, the son of a dyer and hosier of Gravel Lane. He signed on to the East India company in 1738 as a purser's clerk, traveling in the process to the colonies in India. He returned to London in about 1745, having amassed a considerable collection of manuscript plans and charts of East India ports. Recognizing their commercial value, he set up business as a map and print seller on London Bridge in 1748. The premises of this business were sadly destroyed while Herbed watched the April 11, 1759 London Fire. He published a number of maps as well as the important New Directory for the East Indies. Much of his most important cartographic work seem to be associated with William Nichelson, who traveled to the East Indies in the 1750s and 60s mapping ports on behalf of the EOC. He retired in 1776 in reasonable comfort. His publications continued to be updated and re-published by his successors, among them Samuel Dunn and Henry Gregory.
Indian Ocean Pirate Utopia.
A Plan of the Principal Harbour and Town, of the Isl. S. Maries, Laying off the East Coast of the Isl. Madagascar in Lat. 17o. 00'S./ The Bay of Antongall on the N.E. part of the Island Madagascar.
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This is William Herbert’s rare 1767 chart illustrating Madagascar's most important northeast harbors: Ambodifotatra on Île Sainte-Marie, and Antongil Bay. Shortly before this chart was drawn, Île Sainte-Marie, was the site of the most famous and successful pirate utopia, and where Captain James Kidd's legendary galleon, the Adventure was scuttled. (more details)
Definitive Chart of the vicinity of Jakarta.
A Chart of the Coast of Java from Bantam to Batavia.
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This is William Herbert's rare 1777 nautical map of northern Java in the vicinity of Jakarta (Batavia and Bantam). The chart was issued for the 1777 fourth edition of Herbert's New Directory for the East Indies, published by his protégé Henry Gregory as an English response to Jean-Baptiste de Mannevillette's 1775 reissue of the Neptune Oriental. (more details)