A Belgian <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/maps-&amp;-botanicals?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">map</a> of the Middle East by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_gerard-de-jode-de-jodes-rare-cordiform-world-map-1578-8ddb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gerard De Jode</a>.<ul><li>Gerard De Jode (Dutch).</li><li>Secundae Partis Asiae typus..</li><li>Antwerp: Arnold Coninx for the widow and heirs of Gerard de Jode, 1593.</li><li>Hand color.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> A very fine example of this rare 16th century map of south west Asia, covering mainly Arabia, southern Persia, and the west coast of India &amp; Maldives, and including Egypt &amp; the Nile. Although the map was engraved circa 1566-1570, publication of De Jode's atlas, the Speculum Orbis Terrarum, was held back until 1578 by Ortelius's patent. Some of the most famous names in cartography of this period appear on this map: De Jode was the great rival of Ortelius, with whom he had a long-running feud; Gastaldi, De Jode's source, is best known for his maps in 'Lafreri-type' atlases; and Lucas &amp; Jan van Doeticum, the engravers, are renowned for the flair of their work for Waghenaer, Linschoten and Ortelius. Neither edition of the Speculum atlas sold well, as Ortelius's Theatrum already dominated the market. This second edition was to be the last: after 1600 the plates were bought by Jan Baptiste Vrients, who also acquired the Ortelius rights, to ensure De Jode's maps were never printed again. Thus all editions of the De Jode maps are scarce.

Belgian Map of the Middle East

An important <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=map&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">map</a> of the world by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Gerard+De+Jode&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gerard De Jode</a>, engraved by brothers Jan and Lucas van Doetecum, inspired by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Abraham+Ortelius&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abraham Ortelius</a>'s eight-sheet map of 1564.<ul><li>Gerard De Jode (Dutch, 1509-1591).</li><li>Engraved by Jan and Lucas van Doetecum (Dutch).</li><li>Universi Orbis seu Terreni Globi in Plano Effigies. Cum privegio.</li><li>Antwerp: G. Smits, 1578.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Cordiform (heart-shaped) projection, with wind-heads around the map and terrestrial and celestial spheres in the bottom corners. On the map above North America, a 'north-west passage' connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, running outside the Arctic Circle, with Japan at the Pacific end. The Great Southern Continent follows the southern border of the map. The map was ready for publication in 1571, but De Jode could not get a license to publish his atlas, apparently because of interference by Ortelius, who wanted to protect his own 10-year privilege for the Theatrum. It was only in 1578 that the Speculum Orbis Terrarum was issued, by which time the title of this map had been altered, removing Ortelius's name as the source. This map only appeared in the first edition of the atlas: the second, expanded edition of 1593, published by Gerard's widow and sons, contained two new world maps, on Mercator's Projection and a polar double-hemisphere. Neither edition of the Speculum sold well, as Ortelius's Theatrum already dominated the market. The second edition was to be the last: after 1600 the plates were bought by Jan Baptiste Vrients, who also acquired the Ortelius rights, to ensure they were never printed again. This makes all editions of the De Jode maps quite scarce.

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