Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Southeast Asia category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1828 Malte-Brun Map of the East Indies (Singapore, Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia)

This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of the East Indies. Centered on Borneo, the map covers from Burma in the extreme northwest to New Guinea and East Timor in the southeast. The modern day countries of Burma, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, Malaya (Malaysia), Borneo, the Philippines, Indonesia are included. The Strait of Singapore (Str. Of Sinoapore) and Bintang Island are identified. Various, important rivers, islands, cities and other topographical details are noted. This is a fine example of the 1804 A. Arrowsmith map of the East Indies. Covers from the southern tip of Taiwan (Formosa) to the Indonesian island of Timor and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean as far east as Papua New Guinea. Includes Sumatra, Java, Floris & Timor & the Philippine Islands, Borneo, Celebes, Papua & part of New Guinea. Identifies the strait of Singapore and the Bintang Islands, but not the Island of Singapore. A beautiful example of the legendary map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.�s 1872 map of India, Southeast Asia, Tibet and China. Features the entire sub-continent as well as all of Southeast Asia. Includes the modern day nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and Malaysia, Tibet and China. Identifies both the Great Wall and the Grand Canal in China. An excellent 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the East Indies. Like most of Colton's Asia maps, this map was derived from an earlier wall map of the world produced by Colton and D. Griffing Johnson. Covers from Burma in the extreme northwest to New Guinea and East Timor in the southeast. Includes the modern day countries of Burma, Pegu, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, Chochin (South Vietnam), Malay (Malaysia), Borneo, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore. A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1840 map of the East Indies, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines. Includes modern day nations of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and parts of China. During this time in history, Burma was under British rule, while much of modern day Indonesia including Sumatra and parts of Borneo were part of the Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies. A fine first edition example of M. Lapie�s 1832 map of Asia. In the early 19th century Asia was coming under increasingly imperial European sway. In India full British rule allowed England to attain naval and trade supremacy throughout the eastern hemisphere. Using India as a springboard, the English the traded wool and Indian cotton for Chinese tea and textile. By the 1830s oversaturation of the Chinese market slackened Chinese demand for most British products. A charming hand colored, steel engraved French map of the strategically important Vietnamese citadel and town of Ninh Binh. A finely detailed first edition 1794 map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia by Robert Wilkinson. Wilkinson�s map covers the region from Burma to Australia and from Sumatra to New Guinea, inclusive of Borneo, Malay, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Cambodia, Vietnam (Chochine), the Philippines, and New Guinea. The Straits of Singapore (Sincapore), but not the island or city, which had yet to be developed, appear. This is Karl von Spruner�s 1865 map of India and Southeast Asia in antiquity. This map covers the entire subcontinent as well as Southeast Asia, Sumatra, and Ceylon. In addition to the main map, there are five insets. The upper left inset offers a general view of the region from Arabia to Sumatra including the Indian Ocean. A beautiful 1852 map of India and Southeast Asia by Victor Levasseur. Features the entire sub-continent as well as all of Southeast Asia. Includes the modern day nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and Malaysia. Identifies major cities, rivers, mountains and various other topographical features. Features a neoclassical decorative border. Prepared by V. Levasseur for publication as plate no. An unusual and attractive 1658 map of the Indian Ocean, or Erythraean Sea, as it was in antiquity. Composed by Jan Jansson after a similar 1597 map published by A. Ortelius in his Parergon . Covers from Egypt and the Nile valley eastward past Arabia and India, to Southeast Asia and Java. Cartographically, India, Arabia, and Africa roughly correspond to the conventions of the period. Southeast Asia is less recognizable, but the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java are clearly noted. A fine example of Joachim Ottens� magnificent two part c. 1710 map of the Kingdom of Siam and its tributaries. Covers much of Southeast Asia and the East Indies including modern day Thailand, southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. This remarkable map was one of the largest and most detailed maps of this region to appear in the early 18th century.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1828 Malte-Brun Map of the East Indies (Singapore, Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia)