Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne (sold)
Jean Dominique Etienne Canu (1768 - 1843) was a French engraver active in Paris from about 1780 to 1816. Canu's work mostly focused on fashion plates, portraiture, architecture, and natural history. Canu studied under Delaunay, another French engraver. Little is known of his life and the date of his death remains obscure. His cartographic corpus is minimal.
An extremely rare early map of northern Vietnam most likely identifying Hanoi and Hue.
2me Carte du Tunquin.
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This is an extremely rare c. 1810 Porlier map of northern Vietnam and southern China. The map depicts the region from Tchely (labeled as the 'Capitale du Pays dans le Yun-nan - most likely Kunming) to Hainan Island and from southern China to the city of Koue-hoe (Hué, Vietnam - the ancient capital of Cochinchina. Parts of Ha Long Bay, the Gulf of Tonkin, and Hainan Island are illustrated, as are the Red River delta and a fair portion of the interior of modern-day Vietnam. Several towns and villages identified, including Tong-tou, labeled as the 'Capitale du Tonquin' this is most likely the modern-day city of Hanoi. Several branches of the Red River are also labeled. (more details)