Detail View: Old Maps Collection: [Asia map].
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Barcode:
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3687800354494I
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Title:
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[Asia map].
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Category:
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General Maps
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Type:
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Manuscript
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Language:
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French
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Language:
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Portuguese
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Language:
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Spanish
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Create Year:
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[17--]
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Scale:
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Scale not given.
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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49 x 64 cm, on sheet 60 x 83 cm
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Note:
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This is a map of Asia extending from the Arabian Peninsula to Papua New Guinea. A great deal of toponyms can be found on the center part of the map that become scarce both on the north and south parts. On the east part, Japan is already drawn in the Teixeira-type, however, Hokkaido is still named 'Terre d'Eso ou d'Yesso' and still connected to the continent. Also the fictional 'Terre de la Compagnie' whose addition to maps stretches back to mid-17th century. In the sixteenth century, the grandson of Vasco de Gama was accused of illegal trading with the Spanish in the East Indies and so fled from Macau to Japan in the later 16th century. He then struck out east, across the Pacific, and supposedly saw lands in the North Pacific. Several voyagers sought out de Gama’s lands, including the Dutchman Maarten Gerritszoon Vries in 1643 who sighted the islands Compagnies Land along with Staten Land. He named the island for the Dutch States General (Staten Land) and for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) (Compagnies, or Company’s Land). In reality, he had re-discovered two of the Kuril Islands. However, other mapmakers latched onto Compagnies Land in particular, enlarging and merging it with Yesso. Papua New Guinea is also present on the map although still with an odd shape and almost blank.
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Original is a manuscript map.
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Landmasses outlined in green, yellow and magenta.
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Equator and Tropic of Cancer in double fillet.
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Map with graticule.
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Relief shown pictorially.
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Map outlined in bold fillet.
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Macao in Asia maps.
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Most of the map is in French with some place names in Portuguese and Spanish.
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Geographic Area:
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Asia
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Geographic Area:
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India
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Geographic Area:
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Africa
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Geographic Area:
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Mongolia
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Geographic Area:
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Russia
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Geographic Area:
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Malaysia
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Geographic Area:
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Indonesia
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Geographic Area:
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Vietnam
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Geographic Area:
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Paracel Islands
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Geographic Area:
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Laos
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Geographic Area:
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Thailand
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Geographic Area:
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Korea
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Geographic Area:
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Japan
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Geographic Area:
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Papua New Guinea
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Geographic Area:
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Borneo
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Provenance:
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Archives Nationales de France
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Provenance Call No.:
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MAP/6JJ/74/A/2
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MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991003001149705076
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