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Asie
c.1800
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
In the 18th century, European maps tended to use their own country’s meridian, so on this French map of Asia longitude is measured from the Paris Meridian. Southeast Asia is divided into regions such as the Birman Empire, Yunshan and Tonquin.
Les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques, Philippines, Carolines, et Mariannes
1795
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of the Sunda Isles (‘Isles de la Sonde’) (with red borders) and Maluku Islands (‘Isles Moluques’) (green borders) also includes mainland Southeast Asia (blue borders), the Philippines (yellow borders) and New Guinea (green borders).
Asie divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes et Etats
1794
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of Asia features a decorative cartouche with drawings of two women—one with a cornucopia and one with a censer (incense burner)—and a French coat of arms. Interestingly, the map is dated 1792, during the French Revolution.
La nouvelle grande carte des Indes Orientales
1792
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of mainland Southeast Asia divided into kingdoms. Larger settlements are marked pictorially with a red building symbol. The desert of Cochinchine (Vietnam) is labelled as being inhabited by the ‘Kemoys Peuples Barbares [Kemoys Barbarian People]’.
La nouvelle grande carte des Indes Orientales
1792
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of mainland Southeast Asia divided into kingdoms. Larger settlements are marked pictorially with a red building symbol. The desert of Cochinchine (Vietnam) is labelled as being inhabited by the ‘Kemoys Peuples Barbares [Kemoys Barbarian People]’.
Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats, Empires & Royaumes
1791
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
A late 18th century map of Asia, with notes on the principal states, empires and kingdoms of Asia written in French on the right-hand side.
Asie
c.1790
Brunei, East Timor, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of Asia features four different scales: French, Russian, Turkish and Chinese. Each country had their own measuring system, so this was not uncommon at the time.
Asie
c.1790
Brunei, East Timor, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of Asia features four different scales: French, Russian, Turkish and Chinese. Each country had their own measuring system, so this was not uncommon at the time.
Les Indes orientales et leur archipel
1785
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
A piece of paper printed with a list of the various regions of Asia, including the regions of Southeast Asia, has been adhered to the right-hand side of this late 18th century map of Asia.
La Presqu'isle de l'Inde au delà du Gange, avec l'Archipel des Indes. Partie occidentale
1785
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
In the 18th century, European maps tended to use their own country’s meridian, so on this French map of Southeast Asia longitude is measured from the Paris Meridian. Eleven different scales are also shown.
- [remove]Myanmar171
- Thailand163
- Cambodia152
- Malaysia152
- Vietnam150
- Laos149
- Indonesia148
- Singapore136
- Brunei131
- Philippines129
- Southeast Asia121
- East Timor116
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- Sumatra143
- Borneo124
- Java114
- Sunda Islands111
- Malay Peninsula107
- Maluku Islands101
- Sulawesi98
- Isles de la Sonde84
- Western New Guinea84
- Isles Philippines75
- Royaume de Siam72
- Celebes50
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- Delisle, Guillaume21
- Sanson, Nicolas11
- Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'9
- Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste d'9
- Boehm, Augustus Gottlob9
- Hase, Johann Matthias9
- Lattré, Jean9
- Chatelain, Henri Abraham8
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- Homann Heirs12
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier12
- Alexis Hubert Jaillot9
- Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville9
- Chez Demonville8
- Jean Lattré6
- Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine4
- Vicomte Grenier4
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- Paris78
- Amsterdam26
- Nuremberg10
- Augsburg3
- Leiden3
- Brussels2
- The Hague2
- Antwerp1
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