76 4713 Asia Indiae orientalis nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio
- Cut on/ just outside/ inside the borderline; frayed/ marginal tears affecting the image; browned along middle fold/ in the left figure of the cartouche; sl. waterst. in lower margin. Sold w.a.f.
= Extremely rare map. Cf. Koeman III, p.182 [183]; Tooley, Early maps of Australia 35. Decorative early map showing the northern part of Australia in lower right corner and India in upper left corner. Noteworthy is the treatment of the discoveries of Abel Tasman during his two voyages in the region from 1642 to 1644, which resulted in the discovery of Tasmania (Antoni van Diemen's landt) among other highly important discoveries in the region. This map is most likely the first state of the more well known editions by Visscher and De Wit.