
Collection: Smith Sheet Map Collection
Title: Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus
Title Translation: Map of the Islands of East India
Barcode: 1672
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527 -1598
Publisher: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527 -1598
Publishing Location: Antwerp
Region Depicted: India · Southeast Asia · Indonesia · Japan · Burma · Thailand · Laos · Cambodia · Vietnam · Malaysia · Singapore · Brunei · Timor-Leste · Philippines · China
Date Produced: 1598
Date Published: 1598
Language: French
Historical Context: Based upon Mercator's world map of 1569.
Subjects: India · Southeast Asia · Indonesia · Japan · Myanmar (Burma) · Thailand · Laos · Cambodia · Vietnam · Malaysia · Singapore · Brunei · Indonesia · Timor-Leste · Philippines · China
Map Type: Geographical, Political
Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm
Printing Process: Engraving
Printing Technique: Copper
Material Type: Paper
Brief Description: Map of India, South Asia, and Indonesia. Includes illustrations of a ship sailing westward, one ship run aground on rocks, and images of sea monsters and two mermaids facing each other.
Physical Description: 1 map: colored (hand-applied, outline)
Theme: Dutch Golden Age (17th-18th Century)
Associated Cartouche: Cartouche, 1598, Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus
Associated Map Imagery: Ship, 1598, Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus, Ship Being Attacked by Two Sea Monsters, 1598, Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus, Mermaids, 1598, Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus
Collection/Donor: Smith
Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/1672.0001