CartoCuriosity - Royal Siamese Maps
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In this episode of CartoCuriosity, Kevin Brown of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explores one of the most remarkable discoveries in Southeast Asian cartography: a rare hand-painted Siamese textile map that may predate the famed Royal Siamese Maps. Long believed to lack an indigenous mapping tradition, Siam (Thailand) is revealed to have produced sophisticated geographic documents blending Thai, Chinese, and regional cartographic concepts. Acquired from an obscure antique shop and ultimately placed with the Library of Congress, this extraordinary map offers new insight into the history of Thai cartography, the reign of Rama I, and the evolution of mapping in Southeast Asia.
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