Copper engraving, original color, mm 328x508, engraved by Joannes and Lucas van Deutecum, signed in the plate. It shows the Far East, with India, the Malay Peninsula (with 'Cingatola'), the Philippines & Moluccas. De Jode’s source is Gastaldi the most important italian cartographer of the middle XVI century. Gerard De Jode was a competitor of Ortelius, active in the same period; but his atlas 'Speculum Orbis Terrarum' did not enjoy the same commercial success as Ortelius and now-a-days his maps are much rarer than Ortelius’ ones. After the death of Gerard in 1591, the business was carried on by his widow and his son Cornelis, who re-issued the Speculum in 1593, most plates were newly engraved, and therefore making those of the first edition extremely rare. A perfect example.