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The cartouche on this early 19th century map of Asia features a drawing of an Asian merchant smoking a long pipe while standing with his goods. Behind are a camel and an elephant surrounded by greenery and palm trees.

A Japanese Buddhist map (or copy of one) with the distinctive triangular land mass (wide at the top, narrow at the bottom) and the central ‘whirlpool’ Lake Anavatapta (aka Lake Anotatta). Southeast Asia is shown as a scattering of light grey islands.