From the First Modern Atlas
Southeast Asia
From the First Modern Atlas
Southeast Asia
Abraham Ortelius, 1570
/subsequent :
Indiae orientalis, insvlarvmqve adiacientivm typvs.
35 x 50 cm. Full original color. Excellent. $4500.
A flamboyant depiction of the western Pacific/eastern Indian Oceans, adorned
with ships and mermaids. The northwest coast of America is visible in the upper
right. This map derives its geography in large part from the work of Mercator.