1840 Black Map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia

A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1840 map of the east Indies, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines. Includes modern day nations of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and parts of China. During this time in history, Burma was under British rule, while much of modern day Indonesia including Sumatra and parts of Borneo were part of the Dutch colony of the Dutch east Indies. The French dominated Indochina, including Cambodia and Vietnam and most of the modern day Philippines were a Spanish territory called Spanish east Indies. Only Thailand (Siam) and China retained national sovereignty. This map was engraved by S. Hall for issue in the 1840 edition of Black's General Atlas.