Asie

n.d but Circa 1854

Later hand-coloured steel engraving on paper

Without mount: 9.2 x 12.2 in (23.5 x 31 cm)
With mount: 17.3 x 19.2 in (44 x 49 cm)

An unusual and lovely map of Asia by J G Barbie du Bocage from 1852. Covers regions stretching eastward from the Arabian Peninsula and Turkey to Kamchatka, Japan, the Philippines, and New Guinea. displays a variety of regions and countries, including Arabia, Persia (Iran), Hindostan (India), Tibet in the Chinese Empire, the Russian Empire, Turkey (Europe and Asia), Beloochistan, Afghanistan, Indochina (Burma, Thailand, Vietnam), Malaysia, Japan, and so on. The map shows a variety of towns, cities, rivers, and other geographical features throughout. While the Russian Empire reached the pinnacle of its pan-continental development, Imperial China withered under the feeble Qing Dynasty at the time this map was created. Ottoman rule extended to the Middle East and Turkey. The map has a lovely border in the shape of a frame.

Prepared by A Vuillemin for publication as plate no. 19 in the 1852 Maison Basset edition of Atlas Illustre Destine a l'enseignement de la Geographie elementaire.

Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage (1795 - 1848) )
Jean-Guillaume Barbie du Bocage and his father Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760 - 1825) were French cartographers and cosmographers active in Paris during late 18th and early 19th centuries. The elder Barbie du Bocage, Jean Denis, was trained as a cartographer and engraver in the workshops of mapmaking legend J B B d'Anville. At some point Jean Denis held the post of Royal Librarian of France and it was through his association with d'Anville that the d'Anville collection of nearly 9000 maps was acquired by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The younger Barbie du Bocage, acquired a position shortly afterwards at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, in time, became its head, with the title of Geographe du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres.

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