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Original

Asiae nova descriptio

infoVisscher, Nicolaes; 1653

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About This Map

A mid-17th century map of Asia decorated with a border of drawings of Asian cities and Asian rulers, including the port of Bantam (Banten) at the western end of Java, and a portrait of ‘Rex Moluccae’ the ‘king’ of the Moluccas (Maluku Islands).

Details

Date

1653

Map Maker

Visscher, Nicolaes

Attributes

Longitude and Latitude

Scale

Insets

Illustration

Features

River

Race/Ethnicity

Civic/Metropolitan Border

Mountain/Volcano

Shoal

Reef

Library Catalogue

Creator

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Published/Created Date

anno 1653

Publication Place

Amsterodammi

Publisher

Excusum in aedibus auctoris

Description

All four sides of map decorated with city views and costumed figures of different social classes. Includes coats of arms.
Imperfect: torn along fold, with some loss of text; portions of decorative border cut or torn and repaired, with missing sections replicated in ms.; tears repaired.
No. 5 of 92 maps bound together.

Extent

1 map
34.7 x 45.9 cm.
b&w illustration

Extent of Digitization

Complete work digitized.

Language

Latin

Call Number

1983 Folio 19

Collection Title

[Atlas factice of 96 maps by Blaeu, Visscher, Jansson, Hondius and others]

Collection Created

[1556-1680]

Format

cartographic

Genre

Engravings
Illustrations
Maps
Maps in books
Marginalia

Resource Type

Maps, Atlases & Globes

Subject (Geographic)

Asia --Maps --Early works to 1800

Subject (Topic)

Atlases --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

9344961

Object ID (OID)

2068038

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