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Carte d'une partie de la Cote de Cochinchine: depuis l'Isle Cham-Collao jusqu'à la Riv. du Roi
1775
Vietnam
A map to aid navigation around the Bay of Touranne (Bay of Turon, location of modern city of Da Nang, Vietnam). The web of lines is a rhumbline network, and bathymetry (sea depth), anchor points and two elevation views of the coasts are shown.
Suite du plan contenant depuis Camboya, Cochinchine jusques à Canton avec les Isles Aimant et Philipines
c.1750
Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam
Map of the South China Sea between mainland Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Shoals and reefs, especially the Paracel Islands (‘Poulo Parcellas’), are shown. Bathymetry (sea depth) is indicated by the numbers marked along coastal routes.
Royaume de Siam, avec les Royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon etc.
1742
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
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.
Hemisphere oriental: dressé en 1720 pour l'usage particulier du Roy sur les observations astronomiques et geographiques
1724
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of the Eastern Hemisphere (Asia, Europe, Africa) shows New Guinea (‘Nouvelle Guinee’) and Australia (‘Nouvelle Hollande’) as one landmass, demonstrating that there was some uncertainty about the area’s geography in the early 18th century.
