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"Ethnographic Diagram of Indochina", 1914
in Henri Brenier, Essai d'atlas statistique de l'Indochine, GGI, Hanoi-Haiphong, 1914.
in Henri Brenier, Essai d'atlas statistique de l'Indochine, GGI, Hanoi-Haiphong, 1914.
South China Sea Channels between China, Southeast Asia and New Holland, 1794
Detail of An Accurate Map of the Islands and Channels between China and New Holland by
Robert Wilkinson (1752 - 1825), London 1794. [from the reproduction at Ruderman-Rare Maps].
Detail of An Accurate Map of the Islands and Channels between China and New Holland by
Robert Wilkinson (1752 - 1825), London 1794. [from the reproduction at Ruderman-Rare Maps].
The Dong World, general region
The general region of the Dong world according to the editors [Map 1 in J. Whitmore & J. Anderson eds., China’s Encounters on the South and Southwest: Reforging the Fiery Frontier Over Two Millennia, 2015. Source: ESRI, 2014].
The general region of the Dong world according to the editors [Map 1 in J. Whitmore & J. Anderson eds., China’s Encounters on the South and Southwest: Reforging the Fiery Frontier Over Two Millennia, 2015. Source: ESRI, 2014].
Keo Kinal Ishanapura Map
The site of Sambor Prei Kuk, map by Dr. Sumiko Kubo draught during the Waseda University mission 1999-2001 [repr. in Keo Kinal 2004.]
The site of Sambor Prei Kuk, map by Dr. Sumiko Kubo draught during the Waseda University mission 1999-2001 [repr. in Keo Kinal 2004.]
Melaka Straits, 15h century
15th-century Straits of Melaka: South China Sea - Eastern Indian Ocean Passageway. [Map by the the Ball State University Cartographer and K.R. Hall, in Whitmore 2022, p 417.]
15th-century Straits of Melaka: South China Sea - Eastern Indian Ocean Passageway. [Map by the the Ball State University Cartographer and K.R. Hall, in Whitmore 2022, p 417.]
Thang Long Citadel site c. 1880
'Annamite map of Hanoi' collected betw. 1876 and 1883 [Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, DCP-GE A-395 (RES), public domain, repr. in Discovering Vietnam's Ancient Capital, 2024].
'Annamite map of Hanoi' collected betw. 1876 and 1883 [Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, DCP-GE A-395 (RES), public domain, repr. in Discovering Vietnam's Ancient Capital, 2024].
Catalogue Guimet 25
Oudong Royal Palace by Spooner
The only known plan of Oudong Royal Palace, site of Cambodian royal power until King Norodom undertook the erection of the new Palace in Phnom Penh starting from 1865 [source: L'Illustration, 30 Jan. 1864 [n 1092]: 72.]
The only known plan of Oudong Royal Palace, site of Cambodian royal power until King Norodom undertook the erection of the new Palace in Phnom Penh starting from 1865 [source: L'Illustration, 30 Jan. 1864 [n 1092]: 72.]
Outline Map showing the ruins of Angkor
Illustrating Jacob E. Conner's article in National Geographic 23-3, March 1912.
Illustrating Jacob E. Conner's article in National Geographic 23-3, March 1912.
Map of Indochina, c. 1901
Map of Indochina by R. Hausermann, [from J. Gervais-Courtellemont, Empire colonial de la France: Indochine, 1901.]
Map of Indochina by R. Hausermann, [from J. Gervais-Courtellemont, Empire colonial de la France: Indochine, 1901.]
Navigation Map for the English East India Company, c.1706
Samuel Thornton's Chart of the Easternmost part of the East Indies and China, From Cape Comarine to Iapan, with all the Adjacent Islands, London, c. 1706. [see more here].
Samuel Thornton's Chart of the Easternmost part of the East Indies and China, From Cape Comarine to Iapan, with all the Adjacent Islands, London, c. 1706. [see more here].
Map of Pursat Province in Khmer, nd
Map of Pursat Province in Khmer, nd [EFEO Collection of Khmer Manuscripts
Map of Pursat Province in Khmer, nd [EFEO Collection of Khmer Manuscripts
Dong Nai River Map with soundings, 1820
'Map of the River of Don-Nai [Dong Nai] from Cape St. James to the City of Saigon [Ho-Chi-Minh-City], from the Original by M. Dayot, Geographer to the King of Cochin China (1791) with Additions to 1820 by John White, U.S.N.' [folded map in History of A Voyage to the China Sea, Boston, 1823, via Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.].
'Map of the River of Don-Nai [Dong Nai] from Cape St. James to the City of Saigon [Ho-Chi-Minh-City], from the Original by M. Dayot, Geographer to the King of Cochin China (1791) with Additions to 1820 by John White, U.S.N.' [folded map in History of A Voyage to the China Sea, Boston, 1823, via Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.].
Roland Meyer's itinerary in Northwestern Cambodia, c. 1925
From "Au Royaume des saphirs", L'Eveil économique de l'Indochine, 22 Feb. 1925, p. 10. [via gallica.bnf.fr]
From "Au Royaume des saphirs", L'Eveil économique de l'Indochine, 22 Feb. 1925, p. 10. [via gallica.bnf.fr]
越南高棉寮國抗戰形勢圖 [Situation Wartime Map of Vietnam, Khmer and Laos], Beijing, 1954
越南高棉寮國抗戰形勢圖 [Situation Wartime Map of Vietnam, Khmer and Laos]. 世界知識社 , 北京. [Reference Unit, World Knowledge Society Publishing, Beijing], last updated March 1954. Illustration by 朱育蓮繪 [Zhu Yulin]. Scale 1:10,000,000. Showing 1) 解放區 : "Liberated Zones" [solid red] 2) 游軎根据地 : "Resistance Base Are" [red lines] 3) 敵佔區(僅為主要交通線和城市)和敵後游惠區 : "Enemy-Occupied Area (Main Transportation Lines and Cities Only) and You Hui Area Behind Enemy Lines" [white]. Inset 磅海省 ["Red River Delta"], scale 1:3,000,000, with an updated military field situation in the Hanoi region. 36.9 x 25cm.
[ADB note: Interestingly, the title mentions "抗戰", "War of Resistance", a term historically used to refer to the fight against the Japanese occupation of mainland China in the 1920s and 1930s.]
越南高棉寮國抗戰形勢圖 [Situation Wartime Map of Vietnam, Khmer and Laos]. 世界知識社 , 北京. [Reference Unit, World Knowledge Society Publishing, Beijing], last updated March 1954. Illustration by 朱育蓮繪 [Zhu Yulin]. Scale 1:10,000,000. Showing 1) 解放區 : "Liberated Zones" [solid red] 2) 游軎根据地 : "Resistance Base Are" [red lines] 3) 敵佔區(僅為主要交通線和城市)和敵後游惠區 : "Enemy-Occupied Area (Main Transportation Lines and Cities Only) and You Hui Area Behind Enemy Lines" [white]. Inset 磅海省 ["Red River Delta"], scale 1:3,000,000, with an updated military field situation in the Hanoi region. 36.9 x 25cm.
[ADB note: Interestingly, the title mentions "抗戰", "War of Resistance", a term historically used to refer to the fight against the Japanese occupation of mainland China in the 1920s and 1930s.]
Aymonier itineraires cambodge central 1879 1881 map hr
Etienne Aymonier's Itineraries in Central Cambodia as French Protectorate Representative between 1879 and 1881. Scale 1: 800,000. [from Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Paris, Oct. 1882.]
Etienne Aymonier's Itineraries in Central Cambodia as French Protectorate Representative between 1879 and 1881. Scale 1: 800,000. [from Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Paris, Oct. 1882.]
Aymonier-Sorin, Le Groupe d'Angkor [Angkor Group]
Drafted from topographic studies by Etienne Aymonier and Commandant P. Sorin, c. 1900 [in Le Cambodge III, 1904]
Drafted from topographic studies by Etienne Aymonier and Commandant P. Sorin, c. 1900 [in Le Cambodge III, 1904]
Angkor Area Map by Doudart de Lagree and F. Garnier
Map of "Environs d'Angkor" [Angkor Area] [in Francis Garnier, Voyage d'exploration en Indochine, 1885, p 11].
Map of "Environs d'Angkor" [Angkor Area] [in Francis Garnier, Voyage d'exploration en Indochine, 1885, p 11].
Siem Reap Area (East and Center) by Aymonier
Map of Siem Reap East and Center, by Sorin and Aymonier, in Etienne Aymonier, Le Cambodge II, Les provinces siamoises, Paris, 1901, chapt. XIV and XV.
Map of Siem Reap East and Center, by Sorin and Aymonier, in Etienne Aymonier, Le Cambodge II, Les provinces siamoises, Paris, 1901, chapt. XIV and XV.
Carte du Royaume de Siam, de la Cochinchine Francaise et du Royaume du Cambodge [Map of the Kingdom of Siam, French Cochinchina and the Kingdom of Cambodia]
From Amédée Gréhan (1808-1879), Notice sur le royaume de Siam publiée par M. A. Gréhan, Paris, Imp. Simon Raçon & Co., 1867. [A. Gréhan signed: 'Phra Siam Duranuraks, Consul de Sa Majesté le Suprême Roi de Siam et son commissaire général près l'Exposition Universelle' ['Phra Siam Duranuraks, Consul of His Majesty the Supreme King of Siam and his Commissioner General to the Universal Exposition'].
From Amédée Gréhan (1808-1879), Notice sur le royaume de Siam publiée par M. A. Gréhan, Paris, Imp. Simon Raçon & Co., 1867. [A. Gréhan signed: 'Phra Siam Duranuraks, Consul de Sa Majesté le Suprême Roi de Siam et son commissaire général près l'Exposition Universelle' ['Phra Siam Duranuraks, Consul of His Majesty the Supreme King of Siam and his Commissioner General to the Universal Exposition'].