Subject: Asia
Period: 1621 (published)
Publication: Atlas Minor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.6 x 6 inches
19.3 x 15.2 cm
Small version of Hondius' important map of the continent and the East Indies. Korea appears as a long island and an exaggerated Gulf of Cambay distorts the Indian subcontinent. The extreme eastern part of the map shows a bit of the coastline of America with the label Americae Pars separated from Asia by the Anian Fretum. The map is decorated with a pair of strapwork cartouches for the title and scale of miles. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) 8000:351; Yeo #21.
Condition: B+
A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with some printer's ink residue at center and marginal foxing.
