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This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid navigation. An illustration features Asian men—probably merchants, one of whom sits on a throne—and a kneeling elephant.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid in navigation. There is also an illustration featuring two Asian men depicted as native warriors, with a robed woman, as well as a large lizard.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid in navigation. There is also an illustration featuring two Asian men depicted as warriors, with a robed woman, as well as a large lizard.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid navigation. An illustration features Asian men—probably merchants, one of whom sits on a throne—and a kneeling elephant.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid navigation. An illustration features Asian men—probably merchants, one of whom sits on a throne—and a kneeling elephant.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid in navigation. There is also an illustration featuring two Asian men depicted as warriors, with a robed woman, as well as a large lizard.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid navigation. An illustration features Asian men—probably merchants, one of whom sits on a throne—and a kneeling elephant.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid navigation. An illustration features Asian men—probably merchants, one of whom sits on a throne—and a kneeling elephant.

This mid-18th century map of Asia has a stereographic projection to aid in navigation. There is also an illustration featuring two Asian men depicted as warriors, with a robed woman, as well as a large lizard.

Map marking the routes through maritime Southeast Asia of two delegations: a French delegation from Brest, France to Siam in 1685; and a Siamese delegation from Siam to Brest in 1686. A note next to Aceh records a sea battle against Portugal in 1616.

Map of Asia with notes on the history of the region. Some place names are unusual: Sumatra = ‘Chersonese’, Philippines = ‘Iles Sabadibes’, Maluku Islands = ‘Iles Barusses’, Sunda Islands = ‘Iles Sindes’, Malay Peninsula = ‘Dorée’, Borneo = ‘Sinde I’.

Map of Asia with notes on the history of the region. Some place names are unusual: Sumatra = ‘Chersonese’, Philippines = ‘Iles Sabadibes’, Maluku Islands = ‘Iles Barusses’, Sunda Islands = ‘Iles Sindes’, Malay Peninsula = ‘Dorée’, Borneo = ‘Sinde I’.