1609 Henricus Hondius Antique Map of India, China & SE Asia Texas His portraits exuded a sense

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This original copper-plate engraved map by Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage was engraved in 1785 - dated in the title - and was published in the 1787 edition of Jean-Jacques Barthelemy famous Voyage du jeune Anarcharsis en Grece or Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greecein 4 volumes

As such this book can be truly called the first atlas of the New World

1609 Henricus Hondius Antique Map of India, China & SE Asia Texas His portraits exuded a senseTitle : India Orientalis Size: 22in x 18 1 2in (560mm x 470mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1609 Ref #: 75001 Description: This beautifully engraved hand coloured original map of India, SE Asia & the East Indies was published in Gerard Mercator's French edition of Atlas sive Cosmographicae published by Henricus Hondius and Jan Jansson in 1609.. Background: One of the finest of the early Dutch maps of the region published. It was first