Published in Amsterdam in 1702 within René de Renneville's 'Recueil de divers voyages curieux,' it is copied after Joris van Spilbergen's map in his 1619 travel account of his circumnavigation.

Like that map, it is untitled, and generally referred to as the 'Mar di India' after the name in the Indian Ocean in the lower left.

The map offers a detailed nautical chart of Southeast Asia's insular realm, encompassing the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi (Celebes), the Moluccas, and the Philippine archipelago.

The upper right has an inset with the narrow Strait of Bouton, which was a dangerous but fast highway in the age of sail for the Dutch to get to the Philippines, Formosa and Japan.

Joris van Spilbergen's map was so important and innovative that there is also a version by Theodor de Bry, which does however not feature the Bouton Strait inset.

The map is of utmost rarity.

Folds as issued. Excellent collector's condition.

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