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Auction 162, Lot 684

"India Orientalis", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Southeast Asia

Period: 1635 (circa)

Publication: Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.6 inches
18.5 x 14.2 cm
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Fine example of this reduced version of Jodocus Hondius' important map of mainland Southeast Asia. It covers the region from the Indian sub-continent through Burma and Thailand, to the Philippines and extends to the tip of the Malaysian peninsula with parts of Borneo and Sumatra. It depicts the classical view of the river systems originating in a mythical Chiamai Lacus. India is much too narrow, Ceylon is overly large, and two large lakes are depicted in China. From the English edition of Mercator's Atlas Minor, which was published under the title Historia Mundi or Mercators Atlas by Michael Spark and Samuel Cartwright. English text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8400:351.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/26/2017

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