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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 136 - closed 6/1/2011

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Lot #705: "Insulae Indiae Orientalis" Mercator/Hondius

Antique map chart Insulae Indiae Orientalis
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Estimate:
$140.00 - $170.00
Sold for: $100.00

Lot 705
By: Mercator/Hondius
Subject: East Indies - Indonesia
Date: 1635

Publication: Historia Mundi

Condition: C+
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Color: hand color

Size: 7.7 x 5.5 inches
19.6 x 14.0 cm

This map was printed from the 1607 plates from the Atlas Minor, and depicts the Spice Islands and the important trade capitals of the region. It covers the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. Sincapura is depicted as an overly large island at the tip of Malaysia. On sheet measuring 7.8 x 12.3" with English text below and on verso.

Right edge of map border torn and missing due to tight binding, otherwise good condition.


Ref: Moreland & Bannister p. 98

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