Offered for sale is an original French engraved nautical chart comprising two related maritime surveys on one sheet, depicting both the coast of Cochinchina (Vietnam) and a detailed plan of the Isle Condor (Côn Đảo) archipelago.
Title:
“Carte d’une partie de la Côte de Cochinchine, depuis l’Isle Cham-Collao jusqu’à la Rivière du Roi, par M. Le Floch de la Carrière, Capitaine de Brûlot.”
With a separate lower plan titled: “Plan de l’Isle Condor.”
The upper half shows a surveyed stretch of the central coast of present-day Vietnam, historically known as Cochinchina, extending:
From Île Cham-Collao (Cham Islands)
Along the coast to the Rivière du Roi
This section includes:
Coastal outlines, islands, bays, and river mouths
Soundings and navigational hazards
Dense rhumb-line network and compass roses
Coastal profile views illustrating the land as seen from sea
The lower half presents a separate and highly detailed plan of the Isle Condor, an important island group off southern Vietnam in the South China Sea.
It shows:
Grande Isle Condor and Petite Condor
Surrounding islets and anchorages
Soundings, coastal shading, and navigational detail
A full rhumb-line network centred on the islands
The Condor Islands were a critical landfall, anchorage, and navigation reference point for European shipping in the 18th century, making this inset plan especially desirable to collectors.
Specifications: 40 x 55cm
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