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[Portolan chart of the Gulf of Siam]
1697
Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia
A brightly-coloured hand-drawn map of the Gulf of Siam, made for a ship’s captain. The elaborate compass roses are the centre of a rhumbline network, a web of lines to aid navigation. Bathymetry (sea depth), islands, shoals and reefs are also marked.