Gerard Mercator:  Asiae XI Tab.

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Title: Asiae XI Tab.

Map Maker: Gerard Mercator

Description:

Striking old color example of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of ancient Southeast Asia, first issued in the 1595 edition of Mercator's Geographia, based upon the works of Claudius Ptolemy.

While perhaps most famous for his maps of the modern World and the first to use the name "Atlas" to describe a book of maps, one of Mercator's life works was a corrected and improved edition of maps based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy.   

The map shows the entire region of southeast Asia with the Ganges River in the west, the "Sinae" (China) in the east, and southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and China Sea. 

Related Categories:
Maps of India
Asian Islands
Maps of Southeast Asia