Exactissima Asiæ Delineatio, in Præcipuas Regiones, Cæterasq ue Partes divisa..

by Carel Allard

$2,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

This masterful map of Asia represented a vast amount of recently accumulated geographical knowledge. The difference between the European conception of Asia in 1600 and that of 1700 is remarkable. As one would expect, the first improvements were coastal. The configurations of Japan, China, the East Indies and Indochina had vastly improved, and in some cases China for example accurate knowledge of the interior was being pieced together. The most recent Asiatic knowledge came from Nicolas

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