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Asia secvnda pars terræ in forma Pegasi

event1581

location_onCambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar

This map depicts Asia in the form of the mythical winged horse Pegasus, with mainland Southeast Asia being represented by the left hind leg. It is from the German theologian Heinrich Bünting's book of woodcut maps ‘Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae’.