A copper plate engraved map. Size: 8 1/4 inches X 11 3/4 inches at the neat line. Map Type: Book This is a good copy with rich engraving. Age darkened on the centerline crease and occaisional age spotting. Taken from Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies... A map of India and Indochina including Sumatra and Thailand (Siam). The cities of Bombay and Calcutta are identified along with many others. Other topographical features are mountains, deserts, rivers and seas. LeBrun, was a Dutch traveller and landscape artist who undertook an extensive journey to Persia, India, Ceylon and Java via Moscow in 1701. His production of the memoirs of his travels featured fine engraved views and panoramas, costumes, and natural history subjects.
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