Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Excellent
Confirmed: Yes
Date Acquired: 19/2/2017
Description: This map of Eastern Asia is from the posthumous 1593 edition of Speculum Orbis Terrae, originally compiled by Gerard de Jode and first published in 1578. A response to Abraham Orteliuss influential Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (see #252 for the 1584 edition), de Jodes atlas was praised for its clarity and craftsmanship but struggled commercially due to Orteliuss market dominance and privileged status.nThe 1593 edition, issued by Arnold Coninx, is typographically distinct: while the 1578 maps were paginated with Roman numerals, the later edition uses Arabic numerals. The verso of this map bears the Latin heading Asiae tertiae pars sive India, and is marked Fol. 10.nDe Jodes delineation of the region draws heavily on Giacomo Gastaldis influential 1561 four-sheet map Il dísegno della terza parte dell Asía, particularly in the retention of Italian inscriptions describing fantastical or ethnographic features, including:n Pearl lakes: A salty lake in which beautiful pearls can be found (lago salso nel quale si trovano perle bellissime) Woolly oxen: In northwestern China, very large oxen like elephants, with more wool than sheep (Qui ui sono buoi grandissimi come elefanti anno la lana sotite piu delle pecore) Desert spirits: In the Lop Desert, spirits who deceive travellers, causing them to become lost (In questi deserti si Ritrouano alcuni spiriti i quali diversi ingani alliviandanti acio chesi perdino nel diserto)nThe Philippines and East Indies are mapped with detailed attention, notably:n An erupting volcano, labelled Vlcan, appears beneath the ornate title cartouchen Ternate, Tidore, Bachian, Messana, Zubut, and Zolo are all named as kingdoms rich in spices and medicinal plantsnThis rare map reflects a transitional moment in late sixteenth-century European cartography, merging empirical observations with inherited geographic mythologies.
Engraver: Deutecum, Joannes and Lucas van
First published: Speculum Orbis Terrae Antwerp: Gerard de Jode, 1578
Image Size (cm): 32.6 x 50
Mapmaker: De Jode, Gerard (1509-1591)
Other states: First 1578
Price: 8,000
Primary Category: Southeast Asia
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Suarez, Early Mapping of Southeast Asia pg 130-57; Karrow, Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and their Maps, pg 240, 30/92.2
Sheet size (cm): 41 x 56.7
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1593
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