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location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Produced by the French cartographer Nicolas Sanson (1600–1667) in the mid-17th century, this map of Asia features hand-coloured regional borders. Its cartouche features cherubim and decorative scrollwork.

A new mapp of y Empire of China: with its severall provinces or kingdomes, together with the adjacent isles of Japan or Niphon, Formosa, Hainan etc.

event1669

location_onCambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar

Although mainly of China and Japan, this map includes some of the northern parts of Southeast Asia. The map is dedicated to Sir Thomas Peyton, an English Member of Parliament who was imprisoned for supporting the king during the English Civil War.

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