HISTORY UP CLOSE. (Every Thursday)
A staple in any collection of Philippine antique maps is “Insulae Indiae Orientalis…” A ...
HISTORY UP CLOSE. (Every Thursday)
A staple in any collection of Philippine antique maps is “Insulae Indiae Orientalis…” A classic map made by Hondius around 1606 that depicts the East Indies. To appreciate it fully, remember that the cartographer did not have Google Earth nor a hot air balloon to draw the archipelago from the sky in the general shape that we know and recognize today.
The map not only reflects the state of knowledge about the Philippines in the 17th century, it comes w...
A staple in any collection of Philippine antique maps is “Insulae Indiae Orientalis…” A classic map made by Hondius around 1606 that depicts the East Indies. To appreciate it fully, remember that the cartographer did not have Google Earth nor a hot air balloon to draw the archipelago from the sky in the general shape that we know and recognize today.
The map not only reflects the state of knowledge about the Philippines in the 17th century, it comes w...
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