Asia Company’s Land Korea as island Company's Land 1680’s Macquart miniature map Civil War Folding map at rear as

Folding map at rear as issued (appear unopened although paper is somewhat brittle and could split along fold lines if not handled with care)

by George Van Waters

Planetary system models at center and bottom corners

from the Earlies to the Present Time

cultural anthropology

Asia Company’s Land Korea as island Company's Land 1680’s Macquart miniature map Civil War Folding map at rear asLAsie. Asia. Issued c. 1680s, Paris by Macquart. Charming Seventeenth century engraved miniature map with lovely full hand color. Original fold lines as issued. Korea is clearly shown as an island, cut off from the continent by rivers. Charming elongational shapes assigned to everything due to the projection used and the era of production. Almost folk art simple geography, including the five mythical rivers dividing Thailand flowing from a huge lake