“from the most correct charts that the Portuguese pilots make use of” (Linschoten)

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Exacta & Accurata Delineatio cum Orarum Maritimarum tum etjam locorum terrestrium quae in Regionibus China,

Cauchinchina, Camboja sive Champa, Syao, Malacca, Arracan & Pegu.

SKU: 21040 Type:

LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen; and Arnold and Henrik Floris van LANGREN
Amsterdam,
Cornelis Claesz.,
1595 [but 1596].
Engraved map with fine original hand-colour.
520 by 381mm (20.5 by 15 inches).
21040

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A map of the East Indies and the southern Pacific, showing China, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Borneo, Korea (as an island), Japan, Java, and Beach, oriented to the west. First published in Jan Huygen van Linschoten's (1563– 1611) 'Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert van J.H. van Linschoten', published by Cornelis Claesz in 1596. The coastal and navigational details are taken from the Portuguese portolans copied by Linschoten. It is exceptionally detailed; the first publ...

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Suarez, 'Early Mapping of Southeast Asia', 1999, page 178.