Les Indes Orientales et leur archipel. Assujettie aux observations astronomiq(u)es combinees avec les itineraires anciens et modernes, et avec les routes des navigateurs

Circa 1778

Original hand-coloured copper engraving on paper

13.5 x 18.5 in (34.5 x 46.8 cm)

Plate no. 26 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, Circa 1778

A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's c. 1770 map of India, Southeast Asia and the East Indies. Covers from Kandahar and the Maldives in the west eastward to include all of India, Southeast Asia (modern Burma, Thailand or Siam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos), the East Indies (Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Celebes) and the Philippines. Also includes much of Tibet. Identifies countless cities, rivers, waterways, and states throughout the region. Names the Straight Singapore as Sin Capura. Vietnam is divided into the kingdoms fo Tonkin and Chochinchine. Includes the Tip of Formosa or Taiwan.

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