Les Isles Philippines - Bonne 1780 Artist: After Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant

Artist: After Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant

it also includes an incongruous American native with a feathered headdress—a symbol of the "exotic" often used interchangeably by European engravers

Mainland Kingdoms: It provides a clear layout of the kingdoms of Siam (Thailand)

after Claudius Ptolemy

Topographical Detail: The map is notable for its dense and accurate rendering of the mountainous terrain of the Balkans

Les Isles Philippines - Bonne 1780 Artist: After Auguste-Nicolas VaillantLes Isles Philippines, le Sud de la Chine, et les Royaumes de Tunkin, Cochinchine, Camboge, Siam, et des Laos Drawn by: Rigobert Bonne (Royal Hydrographer to the King of France) Published in: Geneva Year: 1780 From: Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre (Raynal's Histoire des deux Indes) Condition: Hand coloured copper engraving; includes inset map of Guam. A Comprehensive View of Enlightenment Southeast Asia This 1780 map by Rigobert