File:B26056113B - India orientalis.jpg

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Map of Asia

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English: Map of Asia covering India and Southeast Asia set within Latin letterpress text. First issued in Mercator-Hondius 's Atlas minor of 1607 (). The present example was published by Alphonsus Lasor a Varea in Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus.
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Source NLB Singapore, David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection. Available on BookSG
Author
Alphonsus Lasor a Varea  (1680–1748)  wikidata:Q112066337
 
Alternative names
Birth name: Raffaelo Savonarola; Alphons Lasor a Varea
Description copper engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death 1680 Edit this at Wikidata 1748 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q112066337
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Jodocus Hondius I  (1563–1612)  wikidata:Q454603
 
Jodocus Hondius I
Alternative names
de Hondt, Josse. Jodocus Hondius the Elder
Description Flemish-Dutch cartographer, printmaker, publisher, instrument maker and astronomer
Date of birth/death 17 October 1563 Edit this at Wikidata 12 February 1612 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dentergem, Flanders Amsterdam
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London (1584–1593); Amsterdam (1593–1612); Ghent Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q454603
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Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
Alternative names
Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1594 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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creator QS:P170,Q6353

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current10:36, 30 December 2021Thumbnail for version as of 10:36, 30 December 20213,866 × 3,091 (3.06 MB)NLSingapore (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by Lasor a Varea, Alphonsus; Savonarola, Raffaello, 1680-1748; Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612; Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 from NLB Singapore, David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection. Available on BookSG https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/369f12e3-f72b-4ede-8319-5d106f25ef87.aspx with UploadWizard

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