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Tabula noua Indiæ orientalis & meridionalis

event1541

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

This early map of Asia includes text describing the local people, their religious beliefs, crops, spices etc. On the island labelled Angama there is a drawing of anthropophagi—members of a mythical race of cannibals—chopping up a human body.

India Orientalis

event1535

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

This early map of Asia includes text describing the local people, their religious beliefs, crops, spices etc. On the island labelled Angama there is a drawing of anthropophagi—members of a mythical race of cannibals—chopping up a human body.