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Johannes Janssonius (Dutch, 1588- 1664). Indiae Orientalis,…
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11-Dec-2017
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Johannes Janssonius (Dutch, 1588- 1664). Indiae Orientalis, Nova Descriptio, (Dutch Map Of The East Indies) 1630. Copperplate engraving, text including title in plate, overall, 50 x 58 cm (paper). Some hand colouring. Text includes 'Amstelodami. Ioannes Ianssonius excudebat.', Important early map of Southeast Asia and the Philippines, and a landmark in the mapping of Australia, first published by Jan Jansson in 1630. This is also the only Dutch printed map showing the 1606 discoveries of Willem Jansz, who in the Duyfken is attributed as making the first recorded European sighting of Australia, mapping the Cape York Peninsula.
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