A Milestone in the Mapmaker's Art: The First Printed Map to Include Decorative Allegorical Figures as a Border This is a nice example of this important double hemisphere world map, by Petrus Plancius, the first printed map to include decorative...
![[The Spice Map] Insulae Moluccae celeberrimae sunt ob Maximam aromatum copiam quam totu terrarum orbem mittunt harum praecipue sunt Ternate, Tidoris, Motir Machion et Bachion, his quidam adiungunt Gilolum, Celebiam, Borneonem, Amboinum et Bandam, Ex Insu](/map/small/70838.jpg)
The Spice Map—Rare, Striking Map of Southeast Asia Rare English edition of Petrus Plancius's "Spice Map," first published in 1594, covering the Philippines and Maritime Southeast Asia, including the famed Spice Islands. Plancius based his map on...
