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Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fuernemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist

event1600

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Early map of Asia featuring a number of mythical lakes that were once thought to exist in southern China, and which feed several rivers that flow south through mainland Southeast Asia. Text describes the world divided into four or five regions.

Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fuernemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist

event1600

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Early map of Asia featuring a number of mythical lakes that were once thought to exist in southern China, and which feed several rivers that flow south through mainland Southeast Asia. Text describes the world divided into four or five regions.

Sumatra ein grosse Insel: so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennet worden

eventc.1588-1628

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

A map of Sumatra featuring villages, mountains and rivers; text describing the island; and a drawing of a man riding an elephant. The title uses the name ‘Taprobana’ for Sumatra, stating it was a name used by ‘ancient geographers [alten geographen]’.

Sumatra ein grosse Insel: so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennet worden

eventc.1588-1628

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

A map of Sumatra featuring villages, mountains and rivers; text describing the island; and a drawing of a man riding an elephant. The title uses the name ‘Taprobana’ for Sumatra, stating it was a name used by ‘ancient geographers [alten geographen]’.

Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fuernemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist

eventc.1588-1628

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

This early German map of Asia is colour-coded by region, and features a brief description of Asia in blackletter German text. Interestingly, the Southeast Asian island of Sumatra is labelled 'Taprobana' which is the name the Greeks called Sri Lanka.

Tabvla Asiae XI

eventc.1542-1552

location_onCambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Early map by Sebastian Münster, based on the work of 2nd century geographer Ptolemy. The Malay Peninsula—labelled ‘Aurea Chersonesus [Golden Chersonese]’—is recognisable. An illustration shows the local animals: a tiger, cockerels and a white parrot.

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