Carte des Indes et de la Chine by De L’Isle, Guillaume

Code: 53714

Date 1781

Copper engraving with original and later hand colouring.  Overall sheet size: 72cms x 66.3 cms; image size: 648mm x 626mm. Repair to centrefold on verso, repairing crack and small hole, not noticeable from front of map.  Particularly interesting is the name of  the sea between Korea and Japan, which is called "Mer Orientale ou Mer de Corée". The map is very detailed and covers the  modern countries of  The modern day nations of Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are included, among others.