Martin Waldseemüller

WSM 10413

India, Southeast Asia

"Tabula Moderna Indiae"

'Modern' map of India and Southeast Asia, from Eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to the Gulf of Thailand. Ealiest non-ptolemaic ('modern') depiction of India and western Southeast Asia. First modern map of India !

Woodcut map from the supplement of the „Geographia“ by Martin Waldseemüller, published by Jakob Äschler and Georg Übelin, printed by Johannes Schott, Strasbourg 1513, 40 x 50,5 cm (size of the map).

Perfect condition, wide margins.

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