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Vndecima Asiae Tabvla
1511
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy, Bernardo Silvani’s woodcut map is innovative in its use of two colours: a black background with important text added in red. The Malay Peninsula is labelled ‘Aurea Chersonesus [Golden Chersonese]’.
Vndecima Asiae Tabvla
1486
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy, this colourful map has Latin inscriptions including ‘Aurea Regio [Kingdom of Gold]’ and ‘Regio Argenteo [Kingdom of Silver]’. The Malay Peninsula is labelled ‘Curra Cherlon [Golden Chersonese]’.
Vndecima Asiae Tabvla
1478
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy, this map has Latin inscriptions, including mentions of a mythical race of cannibals (‘Anthropophagi’) and hippopotamuses. The Malay Peninsula is labelled ‘Aurea Chersonesus [Golden Chersonese]’.
- Malay Peninsula10
- Golden Chersonese6
- Sumatra6
- Java5
- Borneo4
- Magnus Sinus4
- Mare Indicum4
- Sinus Magnus4
- Attaba3
- Aurea Chersonesus3
- Coli3
- East Indies3
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- [remove]Ptolemy16
- Fries, Lorenz4
- Münster, Sebastian4
- Magini, Giovanni Antonio2
- Ruscelli, Girolamo2
- Waldseemüller, Martin2
- Silvani, Bernardo1
- Gaspard Trechsel3
- Melchior Trechsel2
- Trechsel Brothers2
- Arnold Buckinck1
- Arnold Pannartz1
- Jacopo Pencio1
- Johann Koberger1
- Johann Reger1
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