ORTELIUS, A. - Lot 46

Lot 46
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ORTELIUS, A. - Lot 46
ORTELIUS, A. Asiae Nova Descriptio. Anvers, 1579. Col. Exemplaire sur papier fort, un peu insolé. Mouillures angulaires, pli central renforcé. - Printed on thick paper. Center fold re-inforced, paper slightly agetoned, upper corners with water staining. In recent colours. 372 x 485 mm. (R) Ortelius' fine map of Asia well represents the continent at a time when Europeans were expanding their power in the far east. The Indian subcontinent and Malaysian peninsula are easily recognisable. Ceylon and Sumatra are correctly placed. The Philippines are distorted and Japan is too far north and incorrectly orientated, with the embryonic outline of the three main islands and with the Ryukus and Taiwan appearing as a tail of islands to the south of the archipelago. - Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas maps, 7.
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