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BURMA -- Two 19th-century manuscript maps, one of Ava (Inwa) entitled in Burmese 'Golden land victorious over enemies,’ the other of a palace complex in the north east corner of Ava at the junction of the Irrawaddy and Myitnge rivers, one dated 1886. Two extremely rare 19th-century Burmese manuscript maps. The maps date from the year the British finally annexed Burma, with Burmese placenames rendered into English in pencil. They are orientated with East at the top, with paths delineated in red ink, both traditional Burmese cartographic conventions. Cf. Joseph E. Schwartzberg, 'Southeast Asian Geographical Maps' in The History of Cartography , Vol. II, Book 2, pp. 743-762. 1. WUMO MAUNY PO YAUK. Map of Ava . 25 March 1886 Manuscript map of Ava in pen and ink on paper mounted on thicker paper, 895 x 753mm, landscape features, rivers, monasteries, pagodas all in black ink and wash, some paths and places depicted in red ink, toponymns in Burmese in black ink with English translations to many written in later pencil. Attribution to the late Wumo Mauny Po Yauk at bottom margin in English in black ink (the whole creased with some losses mainly confined to extremities). 2. Manuscript map of Ava palace complex, in pen and ink on paper mounted on thicker paper, 830 x 990mm, depicting walls, gates, water features, buildings and a large and impressive bridge, toponymns in Burmese in black ink and pencil (the whole creased and water-stained, some large tears across the image with small associated losses and repairs, very small burn hole to lower margin).