'Asia' with mythical Lake Bassa/Chiamay antique map by Claudio Buffier 1788

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Asia. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by Giovanni Petroschi for Claudio Buffier. Provenance: "Geografia Universale del. P. Buffier"; edizione duodecima, del Padre Francesco Jacquier, appresso Francesco Pitteri, Venezia. Type: Antique engraved map. 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: 4365px × 3464px
Location: Asia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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