Southeast Asia

  • Laurent Fries:  Tabu. moder. Indiae

    M. & G. Trechsel, Lyon, 1535

    Early and important woodcut map of Asia by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. This woodcut map comes from the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia . One of the earliest representations...

    Tabu. moder. Indiae
    1535 - Laurent Fries
    11895

    Antique woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in India, werden in diser Tafel verzeichnet

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)

    The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In South East Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...

    Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in India, werden in diser...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    11323

    Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Die Länger Asie nach irer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in disser tafel verzeichnet

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1550)

    The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In Southeast Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...

    Die Länger Asie nach irer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in disser...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    12469

    Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.

  • Laurent Fries:  Tabula noua Indiae orientalis & meridionalis.

    G. Trechsel, Vienne, 1541

    Handcoloured trapezoidal woodcut map of Southeast Asia. From the 1541 Vienne edition of Ptolemy's Geographia edited by M. Servetus and published by Gaspar Trechsel. 'This is the first printed...

    Tabula noua Indiae orientalis & meridionalis.
    1541 - Laurent Fries
    10855

    Coloured woodcut map of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia. Printed in Vienne by G. Trechsel in 1541.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus

    Gielis van Diest, Antwerp, 1570

    Rare first edition, first state of Ortelius' striking map of Southeast Asia.Rare and important first edition of the beautiful Southeast Asia map of Abraham Ortelius. From the first 'modern'...

    Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus
    1570 - Abraham Ortelius
    11762

    Antique map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Antwerp by Gielis van Diest in 1570.

  • Tomaso Porcacchi:  Taprobana - Descrittione dell'Isola di Taprobana

    Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1572

    First edition of Porcacchi's very attractive and early map of Sri Lanka or Sumatra. This finely-executed map shows the island of Sri Lanka (former Ceylon) with a part of the mainland of India to...

    Taprobana - Descrittione dell'Isola di Taprobana
    1572 - Tomaso Porcacchi
    12370

    Antique map of Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice by Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro in 1572.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Von der Insel Giava

    Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574

    Early depiction of cannibalism in Southeast Asia. Verso a view of Pego. Transcription of the text to the right of the woodcut:In etlichen Stetten dieser Inseln frißt man Menschenfleisch,...

    Von der Insel Giava
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11533

    Woodcut of a historical scene. Cannibalism. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • Abraham Ortelius:  Asiae nova descriptio

    Anthonis Coppens van Diest, Antwerp, 1579

    Antique map of the Asian continent by Abraham Ortelius. Shows Asia from the Mediterranean to the Pacific. With the Arabian Peninsula, India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, Java, Borneo, Moluccas...

    Asiae nova descriptio
    1579 - Abraham Ortelius
    12563

    Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Antwerp by Anthonis Coppens van Diest in 1579.

  • Sebastian Münster:  Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist.

    Sebastian Petri, Basle, 1588

    First edition of the second map of Asia by Sebastian Münster. Shows Asia as a continent from Turkey to Southeast Asia and Japan. With a sea monster and a title cartouche. On verso the title with...

    Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet...
    1588 - Sebastian Münster
    12428

    Original antique map of Asia. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Petri in 1588.

  • Giovanni Antonio Magini:  India Orientalis

    Venice, circa 1596

    Antique map of Southeast Asia by G.A. Magini. Showing southeast Asia with India, China, Japan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. To the northeast, the...

    India Orientalis
    1596 - Giovanni Antonio Magini
    12550

    Antique map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Venice circa 1596.

  • Gerard Mercator:  India Orientalis

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1606

    Beautiful coloured map of India, the Malay Peninsula, China and the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia and parts of Sumatra with Borneo from a French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. With two...

    India Orientalis
    1606 - Gerard Mercator
    10687

    Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.

  • Jodocus Hondius:  Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1613-19

    Beautiful antique map of the Asian continent by Jodocus Hondius. Shows Asia from the Mediterranean to the Pacific. With the Arabian Peninsula, India, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea as an island,...

    Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore Jodoco Hondio
    1613 - Jodocus Hondius
    12560

    Coloured map of the Asian continent. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1613.

  • John Speed:  A new map of East India

    T. Bassett and R. Chiswell, London, 1676

    Old coloured antique maps of Southeast Asia and India by John Speed. Published in Prospect of the most famous parts of the world , the first World Atlas published by an Englishman. The English...

    A new map of East India
    1676 - John Speed
    11899

    Old coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in London by T. Bassett and R. Chiswell in 1676.

  • Vincenzo Maria Coronelli:  [Asia]

    Venice, 1697

    Important Asia map of V.M. Coronelli showing southeast Asia with Australia and Japan. Many discoveries around and in Australia are described with dates, place and discoverer. The map was concept as...

    [Asia]
    1697 - Vincenzo Maria Coronelli
    10880

    Coloured map of Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia. Printed in Venice in the year 1697.

  • Johann Christoph Haffner:  Odia in Siam

    Augsburg, circa 1700

    Attractive view of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya in Thailand, Siam by J. C. Haffner. Shows the city of Ayutthaya at the Chao Phraya River. Below a legend of the important buildings and places.

    Odia in Siam
    1700 - Johann Christoph Haffner
    11741

    Antique town view of Ayutthaya, Siam, Thailand. Printed in Augsburg circa 1700.

  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710

    Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by JB Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...

    Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
    1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11145

    Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.

  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710

    Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by JB Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...

    Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
    1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11146

    Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.

  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1710

    Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by JB Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...

    Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
    1710 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11148

    Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1710.

  • Pieter van der Aa:  La Ville de Palimbang dans l'Ile de Sumatra.

    Leyden, 1719

    A very decorative, impressive engraving of Palembang in Sumatra. Two views on one sheet. In the upper part the overall view with a sea battle in the foreground. Below the burning city.

    La Ville de Palimbang dans l'Ile de Sumatra.
    1719 - Pieter van der Aa
    11264

    Antique town view of Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Printed in Leyden in the year 1719.

  • Pieter van der Aa:  L'Ile de Formosa, ou sont exactement marquez les bancs de sables, rochers et brasses d'eau, le...

    P. van der Aa, Leyden, circa 1720

    A rare sea chart showing the southwest part of Taiwan (Formosa) together with the Penghu Islands (Pescadores). Oriented to the east.From Galerie Agréable du Monde , a sixty-six volume atlas...

    L'Ile de Formosa, ou sont exactement marquez les bancs de sables,...
    1720 - Pieter van der Aa
    11480

    Coloured sea chart of Formosa, Taiwan. Printed in Leyden by P. van der Aa circa 1720.

  • Johann Baptist Homann:  Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... / Batavorum Coloniae Occidential...

    J. B. Homann, Nuremberg, circa 1720

    Original old coloured map of the Low Countries by J. B. Homann. With large inset maps of the Northeastern US from the Chesapeake to Massachusetts and Southeast Asia and additional vignette views of...

    Belgii Pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine vulgo Hollandia ... /...
    1720 - Johann Baptist Homann
    11756

    Old coloured map of Jakarta, New York. Printed in Nuremberg by J. B. Homann circa 1720.

  • Covens and Mortier:  Carte Des Indes et de la Chine Dressee sur plusieurs Relations particulieres Rectifees par...

    Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1720

    Old coloured antique map of East Asia with India, the Malay Peninsula, China and the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra with Borneo, Japan and Korea. Covens & Mortier's edition of Guillaume de...

    Carte Des Indes et de la Chine Dressee sur plusieurs Relations...
    1720 - Covens and Mortier
    12442

    Old coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1720.

  • Joseph Stöcklein:  Die Insel Formosa neü abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi

    Augsburg, 1726-36

    Very rare and early map of Taiwan (Formosa) with the Penghu or Pescadores Islands and the coast line of Fujian, a part of the Chinese mainland. The map was published in Der Neue Welt Bott , a...

    Die Insel Formosa neü abgemessen auf Befehl Kaysers Kamhi
    1726 - Joseph Stöcklein
    11701

    Antique map of Formosa, Taiwan. Printed in Augsburg in the year 1726.

  • Pieter van der Aa:  Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware affbeeldinge wegens het...

    Leyden, 1730

    Detailed East oriented plan of Jakarta former Batavia on Java / Indonesia. With birdeye view from sea side, various ships and a lion. Two inset keys with detailed description of the buildings.

    Plan de la Ville et du Chateau de Batavia en l'Isle de Iava / Ware...
    1730 - Pieter van der Aa
    10148

    Antique town view of Batavia, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Printed in Leyden in the year 1730.

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