The most influential 16th century map of the Far East

A rare map of eastern Asia, showing from India to the East China Sea, with the southern tip of Japan, with an added southern section showing the Spice Islands of Indonesia south of the Equator. For the first time Singapore ('Cincgtola') and Cambodia are named on a printed map and the Philippines has its modern name. There is still no Korean peninsula. On the right is a gazeteer of about 100 places, giving their ancient and modern names. The upper two sheets were engraved by Fabio Licini and were first published in 1562; the lower pair were engraved by Paolo Forlani and were added to the map after Gastaldi's death in 1566, although this example retains the southern longitude grid at the join. Although Bifolco and Ronca describe this as the second state, because of the extra sheets, there are no apparent changes to the upper plates. Drawn from Venetian, Spanish and Portuguese sources, this map was a considerable improvement over existing charts of the region.