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Map · 1579 · The Philippines

Indiae orientalis insvlarvmqve adiacientivm typvs

An old map of the Philippines: Ortelius's regional map of South and Southeast Asia in which the Philippines are still jumbled with the Marianas and Luzon sits just off the west coast of Mindanao (NLB description); a galleon attacked by two sea monsters and mermaids decorate it.
Ortelius's regional map of South and Southeast Asia in which the Philippines are still jumbled with the Marianas and Luzon sits just off the west coast of Mindanao (NLB description); a galleon attacked by two sea monsters and mermaids decorate it.

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Its record

Kind
Map
Made by
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Date
1579 · The institution's record
Held by
National Library Board Singapore, David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection
Catalogue number
B26055948F
Rights
No rights reserved (CC0)
Credit
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, National Library Board Singapore, David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection
Named in it
Indiae orientalis insularumque adiacientium
Scene archive number
country-philippines-17
Why Scene may show it
Released with no rights reserved (CC0). Held by National Library Board Singapore, David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection.The licence
Source
Its record at Wikimedia Commons

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Page updated October 9, 2026. Archive catalog release e205c7180a5b.

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