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Maker(s):Ortelius, Abraham
Culture:Flemish (1527-1598)
Title:Inde
Date Made:1598
Type:Map; Print
Materials:Engraving with hand coloring
Place Made:Europe; Belgium; Antwerp
Measurements:sheet: 17 7/8 in x 22 3/4 in; 45.4025 cm x 57.785 cm; image: 14 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in; 37.465 cm x 49.53 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (pencil): Ortelius Antwerp / (1575)
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.662
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

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Description:
Bifolium. First page is full of French text beginning with a printed decorated initial that has been delicately hand-colored. Title at top of page reads "INDE." The sheet opens up to a full-page map of the Indian Ocean with two mermaids and two sea monsters attacking a ship. The map is hand-colored.

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maps

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