Arabia Asia Korea as island unknown Australia Japan near Alaska 1597 Magini mapAsia. (Geography of the known world, Asia, Indian Ocean, New Guinea, India, Japan, Arabia). Issued 1597, Venice by Magini. Scarce late 16th century copper engraved map, depicting from East Africa across to Japan, New Guinea and the tip of Australia. Oceans are stippled as typical for Italian maps of this era. Japan is barely recognizable and positioned too far north, seemingly across from Alaska coastline. Korea is un named and apparently an island