Historic Map : Alibrizzi Map of The East Indies (Malay, Singapore, Borneo), 1740, Vintage Wall Art

An attractive 1740 map of the East Indies, including Malay (Malacca), Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Centered on the Strait of Sunda (site of the great Krakatoa Volcano), the map covers from the modern day Thai island of Phuket (Junsalan) and southern Cambodia, south to Java, and from the Nicobar Islands to the Celebes. There is impressive detail throughout, including numerous inland cities and topography illustrated in profile. The Strait of Singapore is identified, but the island itself, though apparent, is unnamed. This map was drown for the Giambattista Albrizzi Italian edition of Guillaume De L'Isle's Atalante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del Mondo. The maps in this edition are all attributed to Isaak Tirion, who probably laid them out, but they were engraved by Albrizzi, with Italian text and styling. Tirion himself did not release these maps on his own accord until the publication of his own atlas in 1744.