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Borneo Insula

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Borneo. "Borneo Insula". Orig. copper-engraving from O. van Noort's "Description du Penible Voayge ...". Published by C. Claesz in Amsterdam, 1602. Engraved by B. Wright after van Noort's map of the region. With title in map and a wind-rose. 14,5:22,5 cm.

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Noort, Olivier van

Claesz, Cornelis

Amsterdam

1602

Borneo. "Borneo Insula". Orig. copper-engraving from O. van Noort's "Description du Penible Voayge faict entour de l'Univers ou Globe Terrestre". Published by C. Claesz in Amsterdam, 1602. Engraved by Benjamin Wright after van Noort's map of the region. With title in map, a wind-rose, the scale of map depiction of villages and forests. 14,5:22,5 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inch.).

A rare map (birds-eye-view) of Borneo island in Southeast Asia. Oriented to the East. - Whole book sheet. - Olivier van Noort (1558-1627) was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world.

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