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Mar di India by Jan Jansson

Chart of the Malay Archipelago by Hessell Gerritsz

Jan Jansson (1588–1664)
Mar di India
Indian Ocean
engraving; 41.8 x 53.3 cm
Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1650
National Library of Australia

http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t1564

Although this map was first printed in 1650 it includes only the discoveries to 1628. The map covers the area from the Cape of Good Hope to Japan and includes the whole of the Malay archipelago. It shows the discoveries of Carstensz, 1623 in the Pera on the west coast of Cape York, and of the Vianen five years later.