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Hand-colored map of Asia from Anatolia to Indonesia. Different cultural and geographic regions are separated by thick green and purple lines. Two sea monsters and one mermaid or merman can be seen in the ocean, as well as four sailing ships. The map has features common in other maps of Asia. Japan is turned sixty degrees clockwise.


map
1631-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Hondius, Hendrik
ink; paper; paint
18 in x 21 1/4 in
Netherlands