Exacta & accurata delineatio cùm orarum maritimarum tùm etiam locorum terrestrium quae in regionibus China, Cauchinchina, Camboia sive Champa, Syao, Malacca, Aracan & Pegu

infoLinschoten, Jan Huygen van; 1595

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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.

Details
Date
1595
Map Maker
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van
Attributes

Compass Rose

Scale

Rhumbline Network

Longitude and Latitude

Written Note/Details

Insets

Cartouche

Illustration

Features

River

Mountain/Volcano

Wild Animals

Reef

Shoal

Library Catalogue

Published/Created Date
1595
Description
[Scale ca. 1:13,500,000].
Bound in following page 22.
Map has several areas of small brown and yellow stains on the recto as well as two areas of linear white chalky lines on the verso; one forms a cross.
Map has significant tear along bottom center fold.
Extent
1 map
39.1 x 53 cm. folded to 29 x 17.4 cm.
b&w illustration
Language
Dutch; Flemish
Latin
Portuguese
Call Number
Taylor 219
Collection Title
Navigatio ac itinerarivm Iohannis Hvgonis Linscotani in Orientalem sive Lvsitanorvm Indiam
Collection Created
Hagae-Comitis : Ex officina Alberti Henrici, impensis authoris & Cornelii Nicolai, prostantque apud Aegidium Elseuirum, anno 1599
Format
cartographic
Genre
Engravings
Maps
Maps in books
Subject (Geographic)
Borneo --Maps
China --Maps --Early works to 1800
Indonesia --Maps
Japan --Maps --Early works to 1800
Java (Indonesia) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Philippines --Maps
Subject (Name)
Claesz, Cornelis, ca. 1546-1609, publisher
Elzevier, Gillis, bookseller
Hendricksz, Aelbrecht, fl. 1573-1605, printer
Langren, Arnold Florent van, 1580-1644
Subject (Topic)
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Access
Public
Rights
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Orbis ID
3306030
Object ID (OID)
2040010

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