Carte Generale des Indes Orientales Indiquant les Possessions Anglaises en deca

J Andriveau-Goujon, Carte Generale des Indes Orientales Indiquant les Possessions Anglaises en deca & au dela du Ganges, et les divers etallissemens Europeens, Paris: J Andriveau-Goujon, 1837
15 x 20 in (37.5 x 50 cm)

Original hand coloured outlines with decorative piano key border. Detailed regional map of India and Southeast Asia, extending from the Gulf of Kambaye to the Gulf of Tonquin and from Sumatra and Ceylon to Tibet and the Himalayas. Shows towns mountains, rivers, lakes, islands, bays, etc.

Includes the Colonial European possessions of the time across the region, including the French and British governments. Colour coded key at lower left indicates which countries as well as those locations were independent at that time. Five different distance scales beside this, all set within piano-key type decorative surrounding border.

"Goujon was a prominent map publisher and cartographer in Paris. He produced many detailed and beautiful maps and atlases and worked with Brue and Levasseur, both important cartographers of that time." (Source: Wikipedia)

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