South East Asia.- Ortelius (Abraham) Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, map of southern Asia from India across to Java and New Guinea, and including China and Japan to the north, with Portuguese coat of arms, at top left, mermaids and a sea monster observing a floundering vessel, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with crossed arrows watermark, platemark 350 x 502 mm. (13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in), sheet 415 x 530 mm. (16 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold, some repaired splitting to upper and lower sections, careful restoration to nicks and tears at extremities of the sheet, unframed, [Antwerp, 1571]. Literature: VdB 166
South East Asia.- Ortelius (Abraham) Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, map of southern Asia from India across to Java and New Guinea, and including China and Japan to the north, with Portuguese coat of arms, at top left, mermaids and a sea monster observing a floundering vessel, engraving with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with crossed arrows watermark, platemark 350 x 502 mm. (13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in), sheet 415 x 530 mm. (16 1/4 x 20 7/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold, some repaired splitting to upper and lower sections, careful restoration to nicks and tears at extremities of the sheet, unframed, [Antwerp, 1571]. Literature: VdB 166
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