RMP07NGW–. English: Fleuron from book: A grammar of the Malay tongue, as spoken in the peninsula of Malacca, the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang, &c. &c. Compiled from Bowrey's dictionary, and other authentic documents, manuscript and printed. Embellished with a Map. 111 A grammar of the Malay tongue, as spoken in the peninsula of Malacca, the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Pulo Pinang, etc Fleuron T099615-3
RMMMRH0C–. English: An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1801 Map of the East Indies. Covers all of Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore, as well as the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, java, the Celebes, and parts of Papua New Guinea. One of the few maps of this region to label the volcanic island of Krakatoa between Java and Sumatra, which famously erupted, obliterating the entire island in 1883. Notes the Straits of Singapore at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Offers wonderful detail regarding the mountain ranges of the region. Also shows some off
RMMMTC35–. English: Truly a masterwork of copperplate engraving, this is Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of the East Indies. Covers from Burma south to Java and from the Andaman Islands eastward as far as the Philippines and New Guinea. Includes the entire Malay Peninsula, much of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam), Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines. Pinkerton offers impressive detail throughout noting indigenous groups, forts, towns and cities, swamps, mountains, and river systems. Known regions such as Java and Sumatra are full of interesting notes and commentary, such as the si
RMMMNFX5–. English: An unusual and attractive 1658 map of the Indian Ocean, or Erythraean Sea, as it was in antiquity. Composed by Jan Jansson after a similar 1597 map published by A. Ortelius in his Parergon . Covers from Egypt and the Nile valley eastward past Arabia and India, to Southeast Asia and Java. Cartographically, India, Arabia, and Africa roughly correspond to the conventions of the period. Southeast Asia is less recognizable, but the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java are clearly noted. Most of the place names used throughout are derived from Ptolemy, who himself based his description of
RMMMP5XR–. English: A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guilleme Raynal’s 1780 map of the East Indies. Covers from the Malay peninsula to Australia inclusive of Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Borneo, New Guinea, and northern Australia (Nouv. Holland). Identifies the strait of SinCapura, but mot the Island of Singapore. The southern shores of New Guinea are only partially explored and here have been left blank. Arrows in the seas show the important trade winds that facilitated commerce in this region from the earliest antiquity. Includes detailed inset of Moluccas in lower left quadrant. Highly detailed, s
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