"Carte de l Inde au-dela du Gange Comprenant les Royaumes de Siam, de Tunquin, Pegu, Ava, Aracan, &c. &c...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Southeast Asia
Period: 1780 (circa)
Publication: La Harpe's Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.9 x 10.9 inches
27.7 x 27.7 cm
This finely engraved map covers Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Burma, with a small portion of China and Sumatra. The river systems are boldly engraved, including the Mekong Delta, and the topography is depicted pictorially. Adorned with a rococo cartouche.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding on watermarked paper with light offsetting and toning along the edges of the sheet.