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HONDIUS, Jodocus and Gerard MERCATOR. [Spice Islands]. Insulae Indiae Orientalis praecipuae in quibus Moluccae celeberrimae sunt. [Amsterdam, 1633].
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HONDIUS, Jodocus and Gerard MERCATOR. [Spice Islands]. Insulae Indiae Orientalis praecipuae in quibus Moluccae celeberrimae sunt. [Amsterdam, 1633].
Engraved hand-colored map of South East Asia, image 345 x 480 mm (478 x 565 mm sheet), title within elaborate baroque cartouche, galleons and compass rose, French text on verso. Matted and framed.
A fine map of Southeast Asia depicting the sphere of influence of the Dutch East India Company, extending from the Philippines to Timor and Sumatra to New Guinea, detailing the Spice Islands. The note “Huc Franciscus Dra. Appulit” at the southern coast of Java, represents Francis Drake's landing during his circumnavigation of the globe in 1577-80. From the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Koeman Me 36A no. 677.
Engraved hand-colored map of South East Asia, image 345 x 480 mm (478 x 565 mm sheet), title within elaborate baroque cartouche, galleons and compass rose, French text on verso. Matted and framed.
A fine map of Southeast Asia depicting the sphere of influence of the Dutch East India Company, extending from the Philippines to Timor and Sumatra to New Guinea, detailing the Spice Islands. The note “Huc Franciscus Dra. Appulit” at the southern coast of Java, represents Francis Drake's landing during his circumnavigation of the globe in 1577-80. From the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Koeman Me 36A no. 677.