45 THEVET, A. Asie. Paris, 1575. Col. d'époque. Gravure sur bois en coloris d'époque, coupée à l'int. du filet d'encadrement, fente sur 3 cm en bas du pli central. - Wood-cut map in attractive original colours. Map cut into the neat line. Paper slightly age-toned as usual. Split lower part center fold 3 cm into engraved area. Generally in good condition. 345 x 432 mm.

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¤ Carte publiée dans la "Cosmographie Universelle" d' A.Thevet. Elle apporte une importante innovation avec l'apparition du Détroit d'Anian séparant l'Asie de l'Afrique. Thevet était le cosmographe d'Henri III. - Uncommon wood-cut map of Asia. New Guinea has disappeared and Japan is represented as a turtle-shaped island. An important innovation is the appearance of the Straits of Anian, separating Asia from America. André Thevet was a Franciscan monk who travelled extensively in Europe and made a reputed short journey to South America. - Sweet, Mapping the continent of Asia, 6

46 ORTELIUS, A. Asiae Nova Descriptio. Anvers, 1579. Col. Exemplaire sur papier fort, un peu insolé. Mouillures angulaires, pli central renforcé. - Printed on thick paper. Center fold re-inforced, paper slightly age-toned, upper corners with water staining. In recent colours. 372 x 485 mm.

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¤ Ortelius' fine map of Asia well represents the continent at a time when Europeans were expanding their power in the far east. The Indian subcontinent and Malaysian peninsula are easily recognisable. Ceylon and Sumatra are correctly placed. The Philippines are distorted and Japan is too far north and incorrectly orientated, with the embryonic outline of the three main islands and with the Ryukus and Taiwan appearing as a tail of islands to the south of the archipelago. - Van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas maps, 7.