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Tabvla Asiae XI
c.1542-1552
Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asia
Early map by Sebastian Münster, based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy. The Malay Peninsula—labelled ‘Aurea Chersonesus [Golden Chersonese]’—is recognisable. An illustration shows the local animals: a tiger, cockerels and a white parrot.
Tabvla XI Asiae
1522
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asia
Early map by Lorenz Fries, based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy. The Malay Peninsula—labelled ‘Aurea Chersone [Golden Chersonese]’—is recognisable. A drawing on the reverse features cannibals with dog’s heads chopping up human bodies.
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]’.
- [remove]Myanmar523
- Thailand467
- Vietnam429
- Laos428
- Cambodia425
- Malaysia423
- Indonesia398
- Singapore393
- Brunei365
- Philippines361
- Southeast Asia348
- East Timor319
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- Sumatra381
- Borneo357
- Malay Peninsula325
- Java314
- Sulawesi286
- Siam244
- Celebes231
- Western New Guinea210
- Maluku Islands196
- Pegu183
- Sunda Islands159
- Malacca152
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- Kampong/Village28
- Military Fort19
- Temple11
- Residential Area10
- Church9
- Palace9
- Cemetery/Columbarium7
- Hospital7
- Missionary Building7
- Jail/Prison5
- Court of Law4
- Military Barracks4
- Post Office4
- Public Space4
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- [remove]River523
- Railway/Tramway45
- Road34
- Path12
- Telegraph/Telephone9
- Canal5
- Bridge2
- Delisle, Guillaume25
- Wit, Frederik de18
- Thuillier, Colonel H.R.16
- Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'15
- Ortelius, Abraham15
- Hondius, Jodocus12
- Sanson, Nicolas12
- Mercator, Gerhard11
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- Survey of India Offices, Calcutta51
- Justus Perthes29
- Adolf Stieler14
- Homann Heirs14
- Edward Stanford13
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier13
- Peter Schenk10
- Alexis Hubert Jaillot9
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- Amsterdam83
- London81
- Paris56
- Gotha29
- Dehradun21
- Nuremberg20
- Edinburgh17
- Venice11
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