Description
Antique map titled ‘Carte Generale Des Indes Orientales et des Isles Adiacentes’. Uncommon, early map of Southeast Asia from the Maldives to the South of Japan with parts of the northern Australian coast, published separately by Pierre Mariette.
Condition: Great condition, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Dimensions: 60.5 x 45 cm.
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