Double sheet engraved map 45 x 38 cm, verso Latin text, showing the Arabian Sea & the Indian Ocean, Koeman Ja, No: 10 - 88-, 1624.

Synopsis

Jan Janssonius ( 1588-1664) a Dutch cartographer. This map covers a large region which includes the Indian Ocean, the south of Asia, and the Arabian Peninsula. It contains few details, and these are concentrated on the southern coasts of the Indian Ocean, including the principal towns, and the peoples that had lived in the different regions of the Peninsula.
At top right an inset map of the Polar regions to remind the reader that a passage to the Far East has not yet been found. At bottom center an inset map of Ulysses travels extending from Sicily to the Aegean. First published in 1597, this issue is dated 1624.
References: Koman. Ort 46. (40). Ankari 214.