Southeast 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 in the upper 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 425 x 540 mm. (16 3/4 x 21 1/4 in), French 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, circa 1580 or slightly later]. Literature: VdB 166
Southeast 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 in the upper 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 425 x 540 mm. (16 3/4 x 21 1/4 in), French 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, circa 1580 or slightly later]. Literature: VdB 166
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