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Description
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.
From his "La cosmographie universelle d'Andre Thevet, cosmographe du roy [microform] : illustree de diverses figures des choses plus remarquables veues par l'auteur, & incogneues de noz anciens & modernes".
A rare map hard to hind in contemporarily colors.
Reference: Sweet, Mapping the continent of Asia, 6
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.
From his "La cosmographie universelle d'Andre Thevet, cosmographe du roy [microform] : illustree de diverses figures des choses plus remarquables veues par l'auteur, & incogneues de noz anciens & modernes".
A rare map hard to hind in contemporarily colors.
Reference: Sweet, Mapping the continent of Asia, 6