Le Détroit de Malacca: dressé sur les memoires des plus savans Voyageurs modernes
c.1700-1799
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
This 18th century map was designed to aid navigation through the Strait of Malacca between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. Shoals, reefs and islands are marked, and the numbers printed on the strait record sea depth (bathymetry).
