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Les Isles Philippines

A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal’s 1780 map of the Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Map corresponds to modern day countries of the Philippines, Vietnam (Tonquin and Chochin), Cambodia (Camboge), Thailand (Siam), Malaysia (Malaca), Taiwan (Formosa) and Laos. Identifies the cities of Tayoun (Taiwan), Manila, Macao, Siam and Bangkok. Furthermore, the Trịnh lords, Nguyễn lords, the Principality of Hà Tiên, Burma, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Hainan, Myanmar, Paracel Islands, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, North Borneo, Yunnan in Qing dynasty, Tonkin and Cochinchina might be identified via the map. Wind currents and some undersea dangers in the South China Sea. Drawn by R. Bonne for G. Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes.

Date
1780
Mapmaker / publisher
Category:Maps by Rigobert Bonne
Place
Oceania
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,500 × 1,731 pixels

Public domainsafest

Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Art (PD-old-100); no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Les Isles Philippines" (1780). Category:Maps by Rigobert Bonne, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1780_Raynal_and_Bonne_Map_of_Southeast_Asia_and_the_Philippines_-_Geographicus_-_Philippines-bonne-1780.jpg

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