[Asia]. MUNSTER (Sebastian). Tavola della oriental regione d - Lot 210

[Asia]. MUNSTER (Sebastian). Tavola della oriental regione dell'Asia, che comprende l'extreme terre, & regni di quella. [s.l.], [1558]. 1 copper-engraved map, 29.6 x 37.1 cm. (sheet), hand-colored (marginal restorations). Italian edition of the first map of Asia by Münster, depicting Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean, with an archipelago of numerous islands, although some regions remain unidentified. The map incorporates recent Portuguese discoveries, including the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, the Portuguese ports of Goa and Calicut, and Java. Based on Ptolemy and Marco Polo's accounts, it is part of the Italian edition of Geographia Universalis, published in 1558.