Asia.- Southeast Asia.- Mercator (Gerard) Asiae XI Tab:, [circa 1595].
Asia.- Southeast Asia.- Mercator (Gerard) Asiae XI Tab: [Asiae Tabula XI], map illustrating the Ptolemaic concept of Malaya and Indochina, or "India beyond the Ganges", with a distorted Malaysian peninsula to the east of the Ganges, and the China Sea and large landmass to the east of that, engraving on laid paper with double-eagle adorned with high-crown watermark, platemark 357 x 330 mm. (14 x 13 in), sheet 405 x 530 mm. (15 7/8 x 20 7/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold as issued, with minor repaired splitting, some spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1595].
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Asia.- Southeast Asia.- Mercator (Gerard) Asiae XI Tab: [Asiae Tabula XI], map illustrating the Ptolemaic concept of Malaya and Indochina, or "India beyond the Ganges", with a distorted Malaysian peninsula to the east of the Ganges, and the China Sea and large landmass to the east of that, engraving on laid paper with double-eagle adorned with high-crown watermark, platemark 357 x 330 mm. (14 x 13 in), sheet 405 x 530 mm. (15 7/8 x 20 7/8 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold as issued, with minor repaired splitting, some spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1595].