166.1 Van der Krogt, P.: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 8400:31:001 Suarez, T.: Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, pp. Van den Broecke, M.: Ortelius Atlas Maps, No. Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus Especially because the map is uncoloured, the beauty of the engraving is clearly visible. The two mermaids with mirrors are taken from the splendid map of America of Diego Gutiérrez from 1562.Ī very good, early and strong impression. The map is decorated with a large title cartouche, the Portuguese coat of arms and two sailing ships, of which one is attacked by two whales. The Indiae Orientalis extends far enough south to depict the northernmost promontory of Terra Australis protruding below Java, with the Polian kingdom of Beach (a corruption of Lucach occupying its shores. Ortelius accepted Mercator's belief in an imposing southern continent and in the theory that Marco Polo reached its shores. The Indiae Orientalis' depiction of two mermaids with mirrors may hark back to the old lore regarding an 'island of women' who conceived by beholding their own image- one missionary report actually located an amazonian island to the south of the Marianas, near Ortelius' two figures. For the Ryukyu chain itself, Ortelius uses the terms Lequiho and Lequio, forms of Liu-ch'iu. The Asiae Nova Descriptio and Indiae Orientalis are the first published works to definitely map Formosa, and to identify it by that name (Fermosa). Ortelius questions in the text within New Guinea, whether it is a part of the southern continent or an island. For the first time several islands called Cainam appeared west of New Guinea, which is an early rendering of Irian Jaya. The shape of Halmahera (formerly Gilolo) was also corrected by Ortelius. The important spice islands (Moluccas) are more accurately positioned against the former Italian maps of Gastaldi, Forlani and Ramusio. Ortelius identified the Pearl River correctly in southern China, while Mercator believed Sumatra is Ptolemy's Taprobana, and concluded the Pearl River was the Ganges River. The cartographic information is largely based on Mercator's world map of 1569, but it contains many improvements over previous maps. Thus, Sumatra and Java are heavily oversized, the Philippines are incomplete and still without the Island of Luzon. He used the evidence he found to introduce his idea of continental. Alfred Wegener- 1912 Continental Drift Wegener believed that continents fit together. As time passed, other forms of evidence emerged supporting that the continents were once joined as one. The mapping of Southeast Asia has been difficult for centuries. Abraham Ortelius- 1596 Puzzle fit of the Continents - Ortelius believed that Africa and South America fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. It remains as one of Abraham Ortelius' best-known maps. According to Marcel van den Broecken, only 225 copies of this first edition were printed. From the first 'modern' atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570, published by Gielis Coppens van Diest in Antwerp. Rare and important first edition of the beautiful Southeast Asia map of Abraham Ortelius. Rare first edition, first state of Ortelius' striking map of Southeast Asia.
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