Hand-coloured engraved map of East Asia with west at the top, showing China, the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra and Java, Japan at the upper left, ships, sea monsters and a decorated title cartouche
Exacta & accurata delineatio: the map of East and Southeast Asia printed for the Itinerario (Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1596), drawn by Arnold Florentius van Langren after Portuguese charts. West is at the top; Japan (Iapan, Iapones) is at the upper left, with Korea drawn as an island. National Library Board Singapore, David Parry collection.Arnold Florentius van Langren, for Jan Huygen van Linschoten, 1596 · Public domain (CC0 for the reproduction) · Wikimedia Commons

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