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Engraved map 40.5 x 27.5; 48.9 x 31.8 cm (sheet), original folds, some browning to the fold and margins, two small holes at the central fold (without significant loss), in good condition. Map issued as a supplement to "Le Lyon-Republicain" one of the great radical daily newspapers in Lyon. The map is after documents by French explorer and trader Jean Dupuis (1829-1912) who had explored regions along the Red River in the hopes of establishing trade routes within Vietnam and China, and variously published. This supplement was issued on the eve of the Tonkin War in 1883 so that readers could follow the military movements of the French Expeditionary Force. It shows northern Vietnam and into south-western China, with provinces marked and river systems in detail.