Historic Map : Jesuit Map of Northern Vietnam (Tonkin or Tonquin), 1781, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in This fascinating hand colored map

This fascinating hand colored map depicts Southeastern Australia including the provinces of New South Wales

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

Two views decorate the bottom of the map

The bottom map depicts the North Sea with the eastern coast of England and the western coast of Belgium and the Netherlands

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

Historic Map : Jesuit Map of Northern Vietnam (Tonkin or Tonquin), 1781, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 16in This fascinating hand colored mapA 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