"Carte forestière de la Cochinchine". Before 1954 Drawing, black ink, watercolour, coated fabric, c. 87,5...
"Carte forestière de la Cochinchine". Before 1954 Drawing, black ink, watercolour, coated fabric, c. 87,5 x 97 cm (clear stains on folds, remnants of paper on verso). Very interesting map of the forests of Cochinchina,a historical region encompassing the southern third ofVietnam with Saigon as capital. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. From the border of Cambodia and Annam to the Chinese sea with south the Isles Poulo Condore and west "Ile de Phu-Quoc".It shows i.a.: "Forêts de Palétuviers", "Forêts de Tram", bamboo plantations, swamps, hills etc. With indication of the chief places of the provinces i. a. Saigon, Cholon, Tan-An, Bien-Hoa, My-Tho, Vinh Long, Chau-Doc, Rachgia, Bacleiu, etc.
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"Carte forestière de la Cochinchine". Before 1954 Drawing, black ink, watercolour, coated fabric, c. 87,5 x 97 cm (clear stains on folds, remnants of paper on verso). Very interesting map of the forests of Cochinchina,a historical region encompassing the southern third ofVietnam with Saigon as capital. It was a French colony from 1862 to 1954. From the border of Cambodia and Annam to the Chinese sea with south the Isles Poulo Condore and west "Ile de Phu-Quoc".It shows i.a.: "Forêts de Palétuviers", "Forêts de Tram", bamboo plantations, swamps, hills etc. With indication of the chief places of the provinces i. a. Saigon, Cholon, Tan-An, Bien-Hoa, My-Tho, Vinh Long, Chau-Doc, Rachgia, Bacleiu, etc.
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