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The Mapping of North America

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A fine large scale chart of the waters from Penang Island to the Straits of Malacca. A ‘town’ is identified on Penang Island now known as Georgetown. In the bottom right corner is the inlet to Kuala Lumpur. On the Sumatran coast ‘Delhi’ marks the site of present day Medan. The first edition without any corrections surveyed by Captain W. Fitzwilliam Owen, Lieut. T. Woore and Captain Daniel Ross.
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE

The Strait of Malacca - Western Part

Hydrographic Office, London, 1840
485 x 645 mm., with deckled edges, small mark upper left otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 5117

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