"Les Indes Orientales", Aa, Pieter van der

Small rare map of the region from India through southern China and the Philippines. Covers all of the Malay peninsula with parts of North Sumatra and Borneo. The Bay of Cambray is very exaggerated. The mythical Chiamai Lac with five rivers flowing south appears northeast of India, along with two large lakes in China.

This is an extremely rare variant of Pieter van den Keere's map first published in Jansson's new Atlas Minor in 1628. This map appeared in Van der Aa's Nouveau Petit Atlas, which was published circa 1714. The atlas was composed of nine parts, with the general portion falling under Nouveau Petit Atlas and then 8 individual regional parts under the title Atlas Soulage. Van der Aa revised the plate by updating the title cartouche (in French with a new border) and making other small changes. The atlas was only issued once and there is only one known complete copy extant, in the University Library of Leiden.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8400:352.2.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a sheet with minor toning.