1630 / 1654 Asia recens summa cura delineata

By: Mercator / Hondius / Jan Jansson Date: 1630 / 1654 (circa) Amsterdam Dimensions: 14.75 x 19.75 inches (37.5 x 50 cm)  This striking map of Asia is a revision of an earlier map published by the Hondius family. Here the decorative panels have been omitted, resulting in a map which stylistically is moving toward a more scientific and information oriented format with less emphasis on decorative detailing than earlier maps. The map is from the Dutch Golden Age of Cartography and was published in a Mercator-Hondius atlas. The entire Asian continent is encompassed by the map, including the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, Maritime Southeast Asia, and Japan. A sliver of the American continent, separated from Asia by an unnamed strait, is in the upper right corner. In the lower left, a considerable portion of East Africa is featured. Place names are noted throughout the map, and are especially numerous in the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, and Southern India, with fewer in parts of M