Asia: 'Partie Orientale De La Terre Ferme De L' Inde Moderne'. Map of Indochina showing parts of India, China and Central Asia and featuring prominently the mythical 'Lake Chiamay', by Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), Paris, 1683. Copper engraving, hand colored in wash and outline. Decorative engraved map showing the gulf of Bengal with Burma and Thailand and neighbouring countries. With several engraved names of rivers and regions, including the mythical 'Lake Chiamay' or 'Lake Chiang Mai', supposed source for many of the great rivers of Southeast Asia.

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