![[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus. [Antwerp, 1579]. Hand-colored engraved map of Asia, single-sheet, 347 x 497 mm, the map showing the Malay Archipelago, Persia, India, China, Japan, the coast of New Guinea, and the coast of North America, the seas embellished with mermaids, monsters and ships. Latin text on verso. (Very minor wear near fold). Matted and framed (not examined outside of frame). Koeman Ort 1, no. 48; van den Broeke 166.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYE/2001_NYE_08619_0260_000(040259).jpg?w=1)
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[MAP]. ORTELIUS, Abraham. Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus. [Antwerp, 1579]. Hand-colored engraved map of Asia, single-sheet, 347 x 497 mm, the map showing the Malay Archipelago, Persia, India, China, Japan, the coast of New Guinea, and the coast of North America, the seas embellished with mermaids, monsters and ships. Latin text on verso. (Very minor wear near fold). Matted and framed (not examined outside of frame). Koeman Ort 1, no. 48; van den Broeke 166.