LA FRANCE COCHINCHINE, CAMBODGE, ANNAM & TONKIN. [A Hand-Colored Map Showing: Ca

Paris [1880], Moulin. Single sheet map, very clean, engraved by Lecocq & Barbier, hand-colored, inset of Saigon,26.5 x 35 cm., excellent example. . *** **** *** . . . AN EXCELLENT 1880 FRENCH-COLONIAL MAP OF INDO CHINA . . . HAND COLORED ENGRAVING . . . SHOWING ALL OF THE AREA FROM SOUTH CHINA DOWN TO SAIGON . . * An excellent early example with much detail of the French colony of Indochina. Including South China: Guangdong & Guangxi provinces, Hainan Island, Canton, Macao & Hong Kong included but not named, part of Yunnan province. . Tonkin [North Vietnam], Hanoi, Annam [central Vietnam], Basse Cochinchine [southern most Vietnam], Cambodge, Siam, Burma. . With an unusual inset at the lower right corner of Saigon, with caption: "Saigon Apres un Dessin De Mr. Favre, Capitaine D'Inf. ie. de Marine, Membre de Plusieurs Societes de Geographie." Ecrit par A. Bixet. . *** THE MAP: Map size: 21 x 24.8 cm., sheet size is larger, see above. . The map shows from 25 degrees north down to about 5 degrees south; 95 degrees west to about 113 degrees east. Much detail devoted to International borders, provincial borders shown, names: country, cities, villages, rivers, oceans, seas, Golfe [gulf], with a large number of coastal cities & villages clearly named. With scale & kilometer cited. Ready for framing and display. . An excellent map, showing a large amount of geography, features and clear identification of places. . *** CONDITION: The map is in excellent overall condition. There is some of the usual & typical paper 'toning' as can be expected for an item about 140 years old. . The hand-coloring is vivid, with three colors: pink, blue and pale green. The map is not folded. . * .