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Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium
Frederik de Wit1675
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
Beautifully detailed and decorated, this fine chart of the Indian Ocean and East Coast of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Cormorin shows details of the adjacent coasts, islands and hazards encountered by ships trading between Europe and Asia.
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Details
- Title: Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium
- Creator: Frederick De Wit
- Date: 1675
- Location: Amsterdam
- Type: Map
- Medium: Laid paper, printing ink, watercolour paints
- Significance: This chart is significant both as a reflection of European knowledge of the Indian Ocean and the adjacent coasts in the 17th century, and as a fine example of a sea chart produced by the important Dutch map-maker Frederick de Wit.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Dimensions: 440 x 530 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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