'Asia' with mythical Lake Bassa/Chiamay. Original hand colour. BUFFIER 1775 map

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'Asia'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by Giovanni Petroschi for Claude Buffier. Provenance: "Geografia Universale del. P. Buffier"; by P. Francesco Jacquier. Type: Antique engraved map with original colour. The map shows the mythical Lake 'Bassa' (also known as Chiamay), the supposed source of the 5 great river systems of Southeast Asia (the Dharla, the Irrawaddy, the Mekong, the Chao Phraya & the Bramaputra).

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Size: 2119px × 1673px
Location: Asia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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