Pennant, Thomas
Thomas Pennant (June 14, 1726 - December 16 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. Despite living his whole life at his family estate, in Wales, he earned fame as a travel writer. Twenty five published works are known, twelve of which had a geographical focus. His popular books on Scotland, the Hebrides, Wales, and London were based on his own travels. He conceived of a fourteen-volume project, his 'Outlines of the Globe,' which would encompass the rest of the world and for which he intended to draw on the observations of other travelers. Only two volumes appeared before his death, covering India and Ceylon. Volumes three and four, including Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Australia were published posthumously by his son, David.
Attractively engraved map of Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan featuring the 'Gulf of Corea'
Map for Mr. Pennant's Outlines of the Globe. Vol. III. 1800.
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Printed in 1800 by David Pennant (posthumously on behalf of his father, Thomas) an elegantly engraved map of Southeast Asia, revealing a remarkably idiosyncratic view of the region to a British audience. It appeared in the posthumously-published third volume of Pennant’s Outlines of the Globe, which had been intended to extend to fourteen volumes. Each published volume was to contain a fold-out map. Pennant’s earlier works – travelogues of Scotland, Wales and England – had all been based on his own observations, but his ambitious and unfinished global project expected to draw on other travelers’ journals. Though many of the place names are quite recognizable, showing familiarity with contemporary geographical research, there are some that appear that baffle the modern reader. For example, the desert appearing north of China is labeled ‘The Great Desart or Cobi or Shamu or Belgium’ Even allowing for archaic spellings (Cobi) or archaic appellations (Shamu,) we are not aware of another similar use of the place name ‘Belgium.’ (more details)