BLAEU, WILLEM JANZOON. 1571-1638.
Asia noviter delineata. Amsterdam: c.1650. Copper engraved map with hand-coloring, 555 x 412 mm. Cartouche reading "Auctore Guilielmo Blaeuw," and with 3 illustrated marginal borders featuring 10 scenes of natives in regional dress and 9 city views of eastern cities, Dutch text on the verso. Reinforced at horizontal crease on verso, matted.
The most famous of Blaeu's maps of Asia, with images of sailing ships, sea monsters, an elephant, and a lion decorating the sheet.