- Middle fold spitting at both ends, closed in lower blank margin on recto and strengthened on verso; 2 thin spots strengthened on verso; some sm. brown stains in upper right corner.

= Fascinating map orientated west at the top, full of nice elements and details such as elephants, reindeer, wind wagons (perhaps the first depiction of these vehicles in the western world), Tartar tents, the Southern Capital Hangzhou (here written "Quianci") depicted (erroneously) as island city in the West Lake (but also more correctly depicted further south), the Chinese Wall ("contra Tartarorum (...) extructus"), and some references to historical events such as the flood of 1556. It is the first western map of China drawn directly from reports of the Portuguese mapmaker Luis Jorge de Barbuda (Ludovicus Georgius), who made a manuscript map of China which reached Ortelius via Arias Montanus. Van den Broecke 164.2; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 8410:31 (variant b w. "Las Philippinas" added, verso w. German text and numb. "25" in upper right corner). Early copy of the 2nd state. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.