Trion’s map of southwest Southeast Asia

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Nieuwe Kaart van de Sundasche Eilanden als Borneo, Sumatra en Groot Iava &c

TIRION, Isaak
Amsterdam,
Isaak Tirion,
[1744-1769].
Engraved map with contemporary hand-colour in outline, a bit creased, lower edge frayed.
420 by 530mm. (16.5 by 20.75 inches).
17593

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Tirion's map of southwest Southeast Asia, including Sumatra, the Malay peninsula naming "Sincapoera" on the mainland, Java and a disproportionately large island of Borneo. Published in his 'Niewe en beknopte hand-atlas', from 1744-1769.

Isaak Tirion (c1705-1765) was granted the privilege in September of 1728 to publish Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History, or the Present State of all Nations', in Dutch, a little over a year after his name appears for the first time in...

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Philips 600.

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