Wood-cut map of the East Indies by Lorenz Fries from the second edition Ptolemy’s Geographia printed by Johannes Gruninger and published in Strasbourg by Johann Koberger in 1525. The map, which is the first printed map to focus on the region of Indochina and the East Indies, is done in the “modern” style with its geography principally based on the 1507 Waldseemuller world map and using terminology taken from Marco Polo’s travelogue. Certain portions of the region are perhaps just recognizable, such as the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra (Seylam) and Java (Java Minor). On “Angama” at the bottom of the map is a curious scene of a group of cannibals in the process of dismembering an unfortunate victim. Verso is entitled “Tabula Moder. Indiae Orientalis” with a three line summary of the region in Latin framed within decorative borders. Other than some light discolouration of the centrefold and soiling to the wide margins, the map is a dark impression in very good condition. 28 cm x 42.5 cm