Asiæ Nova Descriptio: Hondius c.1606

Platemark] Product ID: 222007 Map of Asia including India, China, Japan, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, Pacific islands such as New Guinea, Borneo, the Philippines, Sumatra, and Java, parts of Africa and North America, and parts of Europe including Italy, Greece, and Sicily. Bodies of water include the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, and part of the Mediterranean Sea. It was first published in the 1606 edition of the Mercator–Hondius Atlas. Background on Creator Jodocus Hondius was born in Wakken, Belgium in 1563. He grew up in Ghent, where he honed his skills as an engraver, instrument maker, and globe maker during his early years. Religious tensions in Flanders, however, prompted a move to London in 1584 with his sister Jacomina. There, in 1587, he found both love and collaboration. He married Colette van den Keere, daughter of metal type engraver Hendrik van den Keere, and entered into a partnership with her brother Pieter, a fellow mapmaker and engraver.