Map of Eastern Hemisphere - Coronelli c. 1690

Map of Eastern Hemisphere - Coronelli c. 1690Aevi Veteris Usque Ad Annum Salutis Nonagesimum Supra Milles Quadringentos Cogniti Tantum Typus Geographicus Drawn Published by: Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (16501718) Location: Venice Year: c. 16901691 (Date on map MDCLXXXVIIIII 1689) From: Atlante Veneto Condition: Hand coloured copperplate engraving; professionally matted. A Vision of the Ancient World through Venetian Eyes This magnificent 1689 map of the Eastern Hemisphere is the work of Vincenzo

Cartographer: Sebastian Münster (1488–1552)

the young William

This 1750 map by the renowned father-son team of Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy is a definitive record of Southeast Asia during the mid-18th century

documenting the established local powers and maritime routes just before the era of intensive British and Dutch colonial expansion in the 19th century

It is a map that speaks of continuity

This luxurious technique was reserved for high-status

Singapore : At the bottom left

The Name: The use of "Jatana" (or Ujong Tanah

featuring:

The History of Sumatra

Formosa (Taiwan)

The map is famously adorned with a decorative Baroque-style title cartouche in the lower right