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Auction 191, Lot 717

"Partie de la Nouvelle Grande Carte des Indes Orientales, Contenant les Terres du Mogol, Surate, Malabar, Cormandel, Bengale, Aracan, Pegu, Siam, Camboje, Tonquin, & une Partie de la Chine...", Elwe, Jan Barend

Subject: Southern & Southeast Asia

Period: 1792 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.8 x 19.8 inches
60.5 x 50.3 cm
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This is the northwest sheet of a four-sheet map of Southern and Southeast Asia, with each map containing its own title and stand-alone borders. This map is focused on the Bay of Bengal and details the region from the Pakistani border across India to the Indo-Chinese peninsula with Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, showing quite a bit of China and the northern half of Sri Lanka. The Bengal Gulf is adorned with a large compass rose. The map is filled with meticulous topography and place names.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on a sheet with two small elephant watermarks. There are professional repairs to a few short centerfold separations and minor soiling mostly along the sheet edges.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/8/2023

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