Map of Asia

Map of Asia

1650

French, active ca. 1656

This French-made map of Asia extends from the Arctic Circle above to the Equator, the tip of Madagascar, and Java and other islands of today’s Indonesia below.

16 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. (42.23 x 57.47 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

48.126

Provenance: France; John Howell, Books, San Francisco, California; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, May 29, 1948

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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