Royal Siamese Maps - War And Trade In Nineteenth Century Thailand Condition:Well Read It is a practical

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Publisher: National Geographic Society

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Royal Siamese Maps - War And Trade In Nineteenth Century Thailand Condition:Well Read It is a practicalIn 1996, seventeen exquisite handdrawn and hand coloured cotton maps were discovered in the Grand Palace, Bangkok. These long lost treasures record cartographically Siamese warfare and trade during the first three reigns of the Bangkok Period (1782 1851). Large in size, and works of art in themselves, these maps overturn the conventional view of indigenous map making in Southeast Asia. Focusing on Siam and on her immediate neighbours, the collection