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Isles de la Sonde vers l'Occident

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location_onBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

This late 17th century map of the western Sunda Islands—Sumatra, Java and Borneo—is decorated with a colourful cartouche probably featuring the Greek god Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite. Cherubs play trumpets and ride on sea monsters.