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Auction 134, Lot 669
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"India Orientalis", Cluver/Jansson

Subject: South East Asia

Period: 1661 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographicam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.6 x 5.6 inches
19.3 x 14.2 cm
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This small map covers the region from India through southern China and the Philippines, and includes all of the Malaysian Peninsula with parts of North Sumatra and Borneo. In India, the Bay of Cambray is very exaggerated. The mythical Chiamai Lacus appears northeast of India, along with two large lakes in China. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius.

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Condition: A

Minor foxing in blank margins. Printers crease along upper left neatline.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 12/1/2010

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