COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
4687820500026
identifier
4687820500026
Barcode
false
Title:
India orientalis
title
India orientalis
Title
false
Original Title:
India orientalis
full_title
India orientalis
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
contributor
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
contributor
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Contributor
false
Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Create Year:
1604?
date
1604?
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG, 13817 × 11509, 57.5MB
format
JPEG, 13817 × 11509, 57.5MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given
scale
Scale not given
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
37 × 49
obj_height_cm
37 × 49
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
In 1604, Hondius acquired Mercator’s plates and set about producing a new atlas. He engraved several new maps for it, of which this map is an example. For the depiction of the East Indies he drew heavily on Plancius’ map of 1594. Map shows India, China including the Malay peninsula and Indochina, northern Borneo and the Philippines. The decorative detail includes a sea monster and an oriental junk in the Bay of Bengal as well as scrollwork title and scale cartouches. -- Dealer’s description.
note
In 1604, Hondius acquired Mercator’s plates and set about producing a new atlas. He engraved several new maps for it, of which this map is an example. For the depiction of the East Indies he drew heavily on Plancius’ map of 1594. Map shows India, China including the Malay peninsula and Indochina, northern Borneo and the Philippines. The decorative detail includes a sea monster and an oriental junk in the Bay of Bengal as well as scrollwork title and scale cartouches. -- Dealer’s description.
Note
false
Note:
Along the coast of southern china, from west to east appears Quancii, I. Ainam, the Pearl River estuary, Cantao, Macao and I. Fermosa. Cochinchina was also depicted within Chinese boundaries. The title and scale were painted with beautiful scroll ornamentation and decorated with sea monsters, ships and other patterns. Around 1601, Dutch ships entered the Pearl River estuary demanding tribute, starting a nearly 30-year war with the Portuguese for Macao. Until 1627, Dutch troops gave up the intention to occupy Macao and invaded Taiwan instead after all the five invasions of Macao had failed. The images of Dutch warships drawn in the Pearl River estuary reveal that period of history.
note
Along the coast of southern china, from west to east appears Quancii, I. Ainam, the Pearl River estuary, Cantao, Macao and I. Fermosa. Cochinchina was also depicted within Chinese boundaries. The title and scale were painted with beautiful scroll ornamentation and decorated with sea monsters, ships and other patterns. Around 1601, Dutch ships entered the Pearl River estuary demanding tribute, starting a nearly 30-year war with the Portuguese for Macao. Until 1627, Dutch troops gave up the intention to occupy Macao and invaded Taiwan instead after all the five invasions of Macao had failed. The images of Dutch warships drawn in the Pearl River estuary reveal that period of history.
Note
false
Note:
Macao in Asia Maps; Macao in East Indies Maps
note
Macao in Asia Maps; Macao in East Indies Maps
Note
false
Geographic Area:
Asia
geographic_area
Asia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Southeast Asia
geographic_area
Southeast Asia
Geographic Area
false
Pub Author:
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
pub_author
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
[1630]
pub_year
[1630]
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
[Amsterdam]
pub_location
[Amsterdam]
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library
source
Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library
Provenance
false
MUST holding:
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http://10.20.100.239/record=b1389989
MUST holding
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