Subject: East Indies - Indonesia
Period: 1750 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.5 x 10 inches
29.2 x 25.4 cm
This copper engraved map covers the Malaysian peninsula, Indonesia and Borneo. Singapore is not identified, but several other lesser islands are named including Tioman Island (Poulo ou I. Timon) and Penang (I. Pinang). A decorative title cartouche and compass rose adorn the map.
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Condition: B
Map has been professionally backed with Japanese tissue to reinforce and repair bottom margin and damage along centerfold. Portion of lower neatline and a small piece of the compass rose reinstated in pencil facsimile.