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event1686

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

Early navigation map of the South China Sea. The web of lines is a rhumbline network, while the numbers indicate sea depth (bathymetry), both used to aid navigation. A route around the Gulf of Thailand is marked with text and the dates 1643 and 1644.

[Portolan chart of the South China Sea]

event1679

location_onMalaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

A brightly-coloured hand-drawn map of the South China Sea. The compass is at the centre of a rhumbline network, a web of lines to aid navigation. Bathymetry (sea depth), islands, anchor points, shoals and reefs are also marked.

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