Deliniantur in hac tabula orae maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani al Maris Rubri ... / magno s...

A highly detailed nautical chart in the portolan style displays coastlines from Northeast Africa and the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. The map features rhumb lines originating from a large, ornate compass rose in the lower center. A large sea monster, possibly a whale, and a European sailing vessel appear in the lower right quadrant. Ornate decorative cartouches in the upper right contain Latin and Dutch descriptions of the map's contents and authorship. Major landmasses include the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, and the Indian subcontinent.

This table delineates the maritime coasts of Abyssinia, the Strait of Mecca, also known as the Red Sea; Arabia, Hormuz, Persia, up to the Ganges Gulf, the Indus and Ganges rivers, and all of India, within and beyond the Ganges, etc. Everything is presented as it has been observed and surveyed by those who traverse these coasts annually, as found most accurately delineated in Portuguese hydrographic charts.

Arnoldus Florentius à Langren, Arch-typographer to His Royal Majesty of Spain, author and engraver.

Illustration of the coasts of Abyssinia, the Strait of Mecca, otherwise called the Red Sea, of Arabia, Hormuz, Persia, to beyond the rivers Indus and Ganges, the entire coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, with the island of Ceylon, the Maldives, and others lying nearby: All drawn from the best Portuguese sea charts, and reviewed and improved with great diligence.

German miles, of which 15 correspond to one degree.
A linear scale bar.
Spanish leagues, 17 1/2 corresponding to one degree.

Major Regional Labels:

• PART OF NATOLIA modern-day Anatolia
• ARMENIA
• SYRIA
• ARABIA DESERTA Desert Arabia
• AYAMAN, formerly ARABIA FELIX Yemen, formerly "Happy Arabia"
• PERSIAN GULF
• PERSIA
• INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES Western India
• GULF OF BENGAL
• GANGES GULF
• TROPIC OF CANCER
• EQUINOCTIAL LINE Equator