Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline; 2 uncolored pictorial cartouches. 46x59.5 cm. (18¼x23½"). Well-engraved, detailed, and attractive map of Asia, with cartouche depicting Chinese at upper left, and one with Indians at upper right. The East Indian archipelago is shown, and a portion of "Terre des Papous, ou Nouvelle Zeelande"; above Japan and Jesso is the speculative continuation of the Asian land mass well to the east.
Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline; 2 uncolored pictorial cartouches. 46x59.5 cm. (18¼x23½"). Well-engraved, detailed, and attractive map of Asia, with cartouche depicting Chinese at upper left, and one with Indians at upper right. The East Indian archipelago is shown, and a portion of "Terre des Papous, ou Nouvelle Zeelande"; above Japan and Jesso is the speculative continuation of the Asian land mass well to the east.
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