Newspaper map of colonialism and volcanoes in South East Asia
GRAPHIC, The.
Map of South-Eastern Asia and Northern Australia Showing The Districts in Annan and Tonquin which France Proposes to annex and to place under a Protectorate, The portion of New Guinea to be acquired by Queensland, And the Districts affected by the Volcanic Eruptions in Java. Enlarge Map of Tonquin, Annam & Cochin China, showing The Districts which France proposes to Annex and to place undaer a Protectorate.
London, 1883. Wood engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 415 x 600mm.
Binding notches on centre fold.
A map of the East Indies with India, Indochina, the Philippines and northern Australia, with an inset of Vietnam. The map is colour-printed to show the possessions of the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish, and the telegraph lines are marked.
The map was published to illustrated three news stories: the French takeover of Vietnam; the attempt of the colony of Queensland to annex what is now Papua New Guinea, rejected by the British government; and the catastrophic explosion of Krakatoa only a month earlier, marked here as 'now disappeared'.
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Newspaper map of colonialism and volcanoes in South East Asia
GRAPHIC, The.
Map of South-Eastern Asia and Northern Australia Showing The Districts in Annan and Tonquin which France Proposes to annex and to place under a Protectorate, The portion of New Guinea to be acquired by Queensland, And the Districts affected by the Volcanic Eruptions in Java. Enlarge Map of Tonquin, Annam & Cochin China, showing The Districts which France proposes to Annex and to place undaer a Protectorate.
London, 1883. Wood engraving, printed in colours. Sheet 415 x 600mm.
Binding notches on centre fold.
A map of the East Indies with India, Indochina, the Philippines and northern Australia, with an inset of Vietnam. The map is colour-printed to show the possessions of the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish, and the telegraph lines are marked.
The map was published to illustrated three news stories: the French takeover of Vietnam; the attempt of the colony of Queensland to annex what is now Papua New Guinea, rejected by the British government; and the catastrophic explosion of Krakatoa only a month earlier, marked here as 'now disappeared'.
Stock ID : 22356
SOLD
To see similar items click here