Uncommon Jesuit maps of the river system centered on Hanoi and the Gulf of Tonkin. These maps were first published in 1810 in Lyon, France, in the "Lettres Édifiantes et Curieuses" (with "Tom. 16" in the margin) and reprinted in an 1819 edition (our copies, with "Tome 9"). Little is known about the author of these maps, apart from the name of their engraver (Porlier for our edition). However, we do...
52 x 63 cm. Rare color map of Cambodia, probably published in Phnom Penh in 1961 by the Geographical Service of the kingdom. This 1:1,000,000 scale map shows the different provinces of the country, eight years after its independence (1953). Published in French, the language of the former colonial power, the map provides information on the boundaries of the provinces, the location of provincial capitals...
