Title: India Orientalis
Author: Quad, Matthias
Description: Copper-engraved map, later hand-coloring in outline. 20x28 cm. (8x11").Asia from the Straits of Hormuz across the Pacific to the west coast of North America, with Quivira and a few other points name on the latter continent. Japan is shown as is the northern tip of Australia, much of New Guinea, the Indian Subcontinent, Philippines, Indonesian Archipelago, etc. From Geographisch Handtbuch. German text on verso.
Heading: zzgPlace Published: Cologne
Publisher: Bussemacher
Date Published: 1600
Author: Quad, Matthias
Description: Copper-engraved map, later hand-coloring in outline. 20x28 cm. (8x11").Asia from the Straits of Hormuz across the Pacific to the west coast of North America, with Quivira and a few other points name on the latter continent. Japan is shown as is the northern tip of Australia, much of New Guinea, the Indian Subcontinent, Philippines, Indonesian Archipelago, etc. From Geographisch Handtbuch. German text on verso.
Heading: zzgPlace Published: Cologne
Publisher: Bussemacher
Date Published: 1600
Condition report
A little bit of burn from a previous mat, brown paper affixed to verso top margin, evidently for the matting, affecting to verso title, else very good, quite attractive.
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Americana - Travel & Exploration
1:00 PM PT - Apr 17th, 2008
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