Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Païs et côte Malay

Barcode: 
4687820501265
Title: 
Païs et côte Malay
Other Title: 
[Vues de cotes des mers de Chine], 8.e
Other Title: 
Vue de Pulo Capas de Mer par sou milieu ou SE. 1ºº 1/2 S. 5 a 6 lieues.
Contributor: 
Surville, Jean-François de, 1717-1770, cartographer
Category: 
Sea Charts
Type: 
Manuscripts
Language: 
French
Create Year: 
[17--]
Format: 
JPEG 2000, 5929 × 3862, 26MB
Page No.: 
6
Scale: 
Scale indeterminable.
Physical Map Dimension (cm): 
21 x 34 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Note: 
This is the first sheet of a manuscript by Jean-François de Surville of the islands and islets of the many coasts on the China Sea. Surville was a Captain of the Compagnie des Indes, and set off on the 'St.-Jean Baptiste' to locate the points in the Pacific likely to be used by the French in trade or in a maritime war. This particular depicts a map of a part of the Malay coast, with an inset of a small island.
Note: 
Inset 1: Vue de Pulo Capas de Mer par sou milieu ou SE. 1ºº 1/2 S. 5 a 6 lieues. - 9 x 13 cm.
Note: 
Original is a manuscript watercolor of some islands and islets of the China Sea.
Note: 
There is a 16-point compass rose on the map with a fleur de lis indicating north. Legend underneath the title.
Note: 
Relief is shown pictorially and by land forms. Bathymetric relief shown by soundings.
Note: 
Latitude line on the left side on the map and longitude line at the top. Both in black and white interchangeably.
Note: 
Map and inset outlined in double fillet.
Subject: 
China -- Maps
Geographic Area: 
China Sea -- coasts
Geographic Area: 
Malaysia -- coasts
Relation Note: 
N.º 6.e
Pub Title: 
Voyage de Surville.
Pub Author: 
Surville, Jean-François de, 1717-1770
Pub Year: 
[17--]
Provenance: 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance Call No.: 
GE SH 18 PF 183 DIV 1 P 1 (PL 6)
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