Antique Southeast Asian Map by Mercator / Hondius Tea Towel

Vintage illustration antique South Asian map by Jodocus Hondius for the Gerardus Mercator Atlas, 1606. India Orientalis. This international old world map of southeast Asia extends from India to the coasts of Southern China with the Pearl River Estuary, Canton and Formosa, it also includes all of the Malay peninsula and Indochina, northern Borneo and the Philippines, Japan and China. The decorative detail includes a large sea monster and an oriental junk in the Bay of Bengal as well as fine scroll work title and scale cartouches.