Asia with the Islands adjoining described, the atire of the people, & Townes of importance.

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Two sheets (392 x 510 mm), copper engraved map, costumed figures in side-borders, town plans in upper border, some cuts to borders. Nice example of the first edition of Speed's map of Asia, decorated with 10 costumed figures and 8 town plans of important early Asian cities (Candy, Goa, Damascus, Jerusalem, Ormus, Bantam, Aden and Macao). Korea is shown as a slender oddly projected Peninsula. The Great Wall of China is shown, along with an Elephant above the source of the Ganges. A nice simple/naïve Northeast Passage is shown, along with a piece of North America and sea monsters in the extreme North Pacific and Southern Indian Sea. The text on the verso presents a fascinating Anglocentric view of Asia in the early 17th Century. John Speed was born in 1552 at Farndon in Cheshire. He first followed his father?s trade as a tailor until the age of fifty. His real profession was from early age map making an historian as an amateur, and he focused on this with the help of Sir Fulke Greville. As source for his maps, Speed used material from Saxton and Norden, but he also considered up-to-date material especially for the inset town plans on his maps. The maps have been engraved by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam and shipped back to London for printing. The first edition of his 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' came to sale 1610-11 and was re-issued until 1770. In 1627 he published 'A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World', the first World Atlas produced by an Englishman. Re-issues have been published until 1676. Bibliographic references: Ankari p. 174; Tibbetts 77. #7621. N° de ref. del artículo 014151

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