Description
Antique map of the East Indies titled ‘East India Isles’. Map of Southeast Asia, extending from Hainan in Southern China, east to Burma, south to Sumatra and Java and east to the Pelew Islandsd and Papua New Guinea. Also shows part of New Holland/Australia.
This map originates from ‘A General Descriptive Atlas Of The Earth, Containing Separate Maps Of The Various Countries And States, From Original Drawings. With A Short Account Of Each Country, Descriptive Of Its Geographical Features, Chief Towns And Cities, Population, And General Statistics’ published by W.S. Orr & Co.
Condition: Very good, please study image carefully.
Overall size:Â 40 x 35 cm (including passe-partout)
Image size:Â 28 x 23 cm.
2.800.000,00 IDR
175,00 Euro
195,00 USD
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