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| Keywords: 1771 Bonne Map of Tonkin (Vietnam) China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines) - Geographicus - Formosa-bonne-1771.jpg A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 uncommon map of southeastern China Covers from the Kingdom of Siam Thailand to include Laos Tonkin northern Vietnam Cochin Chi southern Vietnam the island of Hainan Formosa Taiwan and the Island of Luzon northern Philippines Notes Macao and Canton and shows but does not label Hong Kong Island Tayoan is noted on Formosa Offers little inland detail with regard to China itself Notes in the upper right hand corner comment on the Monsoons Rhumb lines throughout Arrows in the lower right show the direction of the prevailing winds A fine map of the region Drawn by R Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no C 26 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne 1771 dated Size in 16 5 12 object history credit line accession number Formosa-bonne-1771 Lattre Jean <i>Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre</i> c 1775 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Kingdom of Annam Kingdom of Quangnam Maps of the South China Sea | ||||
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