Spanish sea chart of the Gaspar Strait

ESTRUCHE, J.

Mar de China. Carta del Estrecho de Gaspar segun la publicada por el Almiratazgo de Inglaterra en 1861.
Madrid: Direccion de Hidrografia, 1862. Touches of original colour. 980 x 640mm. Blind stamp of the Direccion de Hidrografia.

Sea chart of the Gaspar Strait (Selat Gelasa), between the islands of Belitung and Bangka in Indonesia. As a connection between the Java Sea to the South China Sea it was an important route: an English ship had used it as early as 1702. Lighthouses are marked in colour.


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