1686 Carte du Royaume de Siam et des Pays CirconvoisinsHigh Resolution Image By: Mlle. Du Val Date: 1686 (dated) Paris Original Size: 18. 7 x 13. 2 inches (47. 5 x 33. 5 cm) This is a Vintage Map Shop reproduction of Du Val's fantastic map of Southeast Asia, which features a title in splendid, large baroque cartouche adorned with olive branches and flanked by Asian men in robes and turbans. At the bottom of the cartouche are two elephants. A compass rose is in the upper left corner, above which is one of

” Originally done in 1933

Linschoten’s experiences and the publication of maps that followed would ultimately become one of the most important travel works of the era

thus Homann’s geographical details

including human sacrifice in graphic detail

Calcutta and Bangkok in Asia

Inventory #18362

that they did not resemble the land they were purported to describe

leaving the people of France poor once again

the Southwest

he also made this map of Beijing

and much of the Pacific

Flanking this illustration are 153 numbered entries keyed to the view listing mainly palaces and churches