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This mid-17th century map of the Sunda Isles (‘Isles de la Sonde’) includes the Malay Peninsula in addition to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Mountain ranges and jungles are shown pictorially, and the islands and coasts feature shoals and reefs.

This seventeenth century map focuses on the Sunda Islands of maritime Southeast Asia, and features a rhumbline network, a web of lines to help plot routes and aid navigation.