1732
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of Asia with notes on the history of the region. Some place names are unusual: Sumatra = ‘Chersonese’, Philippines = ‘Iles Sabadibes’, Maluku Islands = ‘Iles Barusses’, Sunda Islands = ‘Iles Sindes’, Malay Peninsula = ‘Dorée’, Borneo = ‘Sinde I’.
1732
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of Asia with notes on the history of the region. Some place names are unusual: Sumatra = ‘Chersonese’, Philippines = ‘Iles Sabadibes’, Maluku Islands = ‘Iles Barusses’, Sunda Islands = ‘Iles Sindes’, Malay Peninsula = ‘Dorée’, Borneo = ‘Sinde I’.
1719
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Text on this map notes that Sumatra is divided into two equal parts by the Equator, so that the days and nights are always the same length. It also notes that Java is ruled by the Dutch, though the Mataram Sultanate in central Java is also mentioned.
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