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Les Isles de la Sonde

event1749

location_onBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

This colourful mid-18th century map of the Sunda Isles (‘Isles de la Sonde’) includes the Malay Peninsula in addition to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Mountain ranges and jungles are shown pictorially, and the islands and coasts feature shoals and reefs.

Isles Philippines et Moluques

event1749

location_onIndonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, East Timor

From the second edition (1749) of ‘Atlas Portatif Universel et Militaire’ by the French cartographer Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688–1766), this map features the Philippines (in blue) and Maluku Islands (in red).