Asia and America.- North Pacific.- Ortelius (Abraham) Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus, earliest printed map to focus on the North Pacific, showing the Kingdom of the Great Khan in Asia, including Japan, and with part of North-western America naming California, with decorative strap-work title cartouche, ships and sea monster, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with crossed arrows watermark, platemark 350 x 470 mm. (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), 430 x 560 mm. (17 x 22 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with minor splitting to extremities, minor surface dirt and finger-soiling, unframed, [Antwerp, 1573]. Literature: VdB 163.2
Asia and America.- North Pacific.- Ortelius (Abraham) Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni Typus, earliest printed map to focus on the North Pacific, showing the Kingdom of the Great Khan in Asia, including Japan, and with part of North-western America naming California, with decorative strap-work title cartouche, ships and sea monster, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with crossed arrows watermark, platemark 350 x 470 mm. (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in), 430 x 560 mm. (17 x 22 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with minor splitting to extremities, minor surface dirt and finger-soiling, unframed, [Antwerp, 1573]. Literature: VdB 163.2
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