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Asia: ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio et industria G.M. Iunioris
c.1613-1630
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Although quite detailed for an early 17th century map of Asia, there are some inaccuracies in the representation of the islands of Southeast Asia, particularly Java (labelled 'Iaua maior'), Borneo (Burne), Sulawesi (Celebes) and the Maluku Islands.
Asia: ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio et industria G.M. Iunioris
c.1609-1619
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Although quite detailed for an early 17th century map of Asia, there are some inaccuracies in the representation of the islands of Southeast Asia, particularly Java (labelled 'Iaua maior'), Borneo (Burne), Sulawesi (Celebes) and the Maluku Islands.
Descriptio Indiæ orientalis
1607
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This early 17th century map features a number of mythical lakes that were once thought to exist in southern China. One of these lakes feeds three rivers—labelled ‘Menam’, ‘Manthabam’ and ‘Cosmin’—which flow south through mainland Southeast Asia.
Insulæ Indiæ orientalis præcipuæ: in quibus Moluccæ celeberrimæ sunt
1606
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On the right of this map, Latin text held within an elaborate border notes that five of the Maluku Islands are located nearby—Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Makian and Bacan—which trade spices including clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger to the world.
India orientalis
c.1600-1699
Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei
This 17th century map features a number of mythical lakes once thought to exist in southern China. One of these lakes (‘Chiamai Lac’) feeds three rivers—labelled ‘Menan’, ‘Manthabam’ and ‘Cosmin’—which flow south through mainland Southeast Asia.
Exacta & accurata delineatio cùm orarum maritimarum tùm etiam locorum terrestrium quae in regionibus China, Cauchinchina, Camboia sive Champa, Syao, Malacca, Aracan & Pegu
1596
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Unusually, north is located to the left of this map of East Asia, rather than the top. The text notes that shallows and reefs are marked, and that the map is based on the explorations of Portuguese ships. Illustrations include sea monsters and ships.
- Indonesia169
- Malaysia92
- Singapore88
- Brunei87
- Thailand85
- Cambodia81
- Philippines80
- Vietnam80
- Myanmar76
- Laos75
- East Timor67
- Southeast Asia65
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- Sumatra116
- Java104
- Borneo94
- Sulawesi75
- Malay Peninsula72
- Celebes55
- Siam52
- Malacca51
- Western New Guinea47
- Dutch East Indies46
- Pegu45
- Maluku Islands35
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- [remove]Mountain/Volcano176
- Jungle/Wooded Area57
- Wild Animals30
- Wetlands18
- Delisle, Guillaume11
- Jansson, Jan10
- Veelwaard, Daniël8
- Wit, Frederik de8
- Dornseiffen, Dr. I.7
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon6
- Delisle, Joseph-Nicolas6
- Mercator, Gerhard6
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- Ministerie van Marine, Afdeeling Hydrographie21
- Roeloffzen en Hübner20
- Isaak Tirion13
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier13
- Seyffardt's Boekhandel12
- Peter Schenk10
- C.L. Brinkman9
- Gerard van Keulen9
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- [remove]Amsterdam176
- The Hague23
- Dordrecht4
- Utrecht2
- Batavia1
- Haarlem1