A 16th century miniature map of South East Asia

Name: A 16th century miniature map of South East Asia
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ORTELIUS, Abraham.

India: Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus

Antwerp: Plantin, 1593, Italian text edition. Coloured. 75 x 110mm, set in letterpress.

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A miniature map of East Indies, with India, China, Japan and, top right, the coast of America. It was published in the 'Epitome', a pocket version of the Ortelius 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. This example is from the first plate used, engraved by Filips Galle, and comes from the only Italian edition with this plate.

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