A good large scale map of the town and harbour of Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The material collected for ‘Le Neptune Oriental’ was approved by the French Compagnie des Indes. D’Apres de Mannevillette was one of the first Hydrographers of France and an accomplished navigator. Born in Le Havre to a captain in the French West India Company he made a voyage to the Caribbean in 1726. He showed an early interest in navigation and was one of the first Frenchmen to use Hadley’s quadrant and was later in life a friend of Dalrymple. Upon the atlas’ publication it was highly commended by everyone. This English edition by Robert Sayer was published in the ‘Oriental Pilot’. NMM 418 no. 93; Shirley M.Say 3a no. 53.