Asiae in Tabula Geographica Delineatio…

Asiae in Tabula Geographica Delineatio : admentem novissimorum eorumque optimorum geographorum emendata, indicibus utilissimis aucta et adusum Tyronum imprimis geographicorum variis compendiosae methodi adminiculis accomodata. Opera A.F. Zurneri . Ex officina Petri Schenkii. In Platea vulgo de Warmoes straat sub signo N. Visscher athlas.La mappa è decorata con un grande cartiglio decorativo con mercanti arabi, un forte, una coppia di leopardi e un leone. All'interno dell testo nel cartiglio è riportato oltre al titolo: "ex officina Petri Schenkii in platea vulgo de Warmoes straat sub signo N. Visschers Australas".Bell'esemplare in coloritura coeva. Rara. Asiae in Tabula Geographica Delineatio : admentem novissimorum eorumque optimorum geographorum emendata, indicibus utilissimis aucta et adusum Tyronum imprimis geographicorum variis compendiosae methodi adminiculis accomodata. Opera A.F. Zurneri . Ex officina Petri Schenkii. In Platea vulgo de Warmoes straat sub signo N. Visscher athlas.Very fine, and very scarce of map of Asia. Zurner produced maps for both Homann and Schenk, as well publishing his own maps. The northeast coastline is shown with Witsen's information on Siberia. Hokkaido and Honshu (Terra Yedso) are joined together by a narrow isthmus and separated from the mainland by a wide straight. An accompanying note acknowledges Scherer as the source, although the orientation of Yedso and Companies Land appears to be based on the Delisle model. A huge lake appears in Tibet and is named the legendary Chiamay. A second lake is shown in the position usually occupied by Lake Chiamay, but here it is named L. Cananor Cimabete. In Southeast Asia the straits between New Guinea and Australia appear in a tentative fashion, noting Dampier's Strait and a disembodied Carpenteria with no definite northern limit. The map is decorated with a large, uncolored cartouche featuring Arab merchants, a fort, a pair of leopards and a fierce lion.Beautifully, contemporary coloured engraved map. According to the text on the cartouche: "ex officina Petri Schenkii in platea vulgo de Warmoes straat sub signo N. Visschers athlas". Cfr.