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| Keywords: 1810 Tardieu Map of the East Indies, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java - Geographicus - EastIndies-tardieu-1810.jpg A highly desirable c 1810 mapping of Southeast Asia and the East Indies by the French cartographer Ambrose Tardieu Covers from Burma to Australia and from Sumatra to New Guinea Includes Siam Thailand Cambodia Cambodge Vietnam Tonquin and ChochinCHine Taiwan Tai-ouan or Formose Singapore shown but not labeled Sumatra Java Borneo the Philippines and New Guinea Offers limited inland detail throughout but does identify a number of major cities including Pegu near Rangoon Siam Bangkok Batavia and Manila As this map was being made the southern and western shores of New Guinea had yet to be explored Australia is identified as Nouvelle Hollande A decorative title cartouche in the lower left quadrant depicts various traditional adornment and costume items supposedly common to the region 1810 undated Size in 12 9 object history credit line accession number EastIndies-tardieu-1810 Malte-Brun C <i>Atlas Complet Du Precis De la Geographie Universelle De M Malte Brun dressee par M Lapie Capitaine Ingenieur Geographie</i> c 1812 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Old maps of Southeast Asia 1810 maps Ambroise Tardieu Maps in French Maps of the history of Vietnam | ||||
