Historic Map : Jesuit Map of Northern Vietnam (Tonkin or Tonquin), 1781, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in Overall a spectacularly highly detailed

Overall a spectacularly highly detailed map of this fascinating region

Chesapeake Bay

In the upper left quadrant there is an inset of the Baffin and Hudson Bay region including some references to the explorations of Admiral De Fonte in search of a Northwest Passage

The White Nile is shown originating the Mountains of the Moon in the extreme lower left quadrants of this map

can only be a primitive strike at the archipelago that runs from Hokkaido to Kamchatka

Historic Map : Jesuit Map of Northern Vietnam (Tonkin or Tonquin), 1781, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in Overall a spectacularly highly detailedA very unsual 1781 map of northern Vietnam compiled from early Jesuit missionary reports. This unusual maps covers from Canton (Guangzhou, China) in the far northeast southwards as far as Koue hoe (Hue, Vietnam, ancient capital of Cochinchine), and westwards as far as Tchely (Kunming, Yunna, China). The map includes part of Hainan Island, Ha Long Bay, the South China Sea, and various rivers systems leading into the mountainous interior of modern day