By the time of John Seller's Atlas Maritima of 1670, "India Beyond the Ganges" had become "the East Indies" including China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific in a map that was every bit as distorted as Ptolemy's, despite the lapse of approximately 1500 years. That "east" in turn was only an English translation of Latin Oriens and Orientalis, "the land of the rising sun," used since Roman times for "east." The world map of Jodocus Hondius of 1590 labels all of Asia from the Caspian to the Pacific as India Orientalis, shortly to appear in translation as the East Indies. COUNT 5
QSN1 When was John Seller's Atlas Maritima? ANS1 1670 QSN2 What had "India Beyond the Ganges" become?  ANS2 the East Indies QSN3 China, Korea, southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific were included in what?  ANS3 "the East Indies" QSN4 What was only an English translation of Latin Oriens and Orientalis, "the land of the rising sun"? ANS4 "east" QSN5 What year did Jodocus Hondius make his world map?  ANS5 1590