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Vndecima Asiae Tabvla
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Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy, this map has Latin inscriptions, including mentions of a mythical race of cannibals (‘Anthropophagi’) and hippopotamuses. The Malay Peninsula is labelled ‘Aurea Chersonesus [Golden Chersonese]’.