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Auction 108, Lot 565

"Tabula Asiae XII", Magini, Giovanni Antonio

Subject: Sri Lanka

Period: 1621 (circa)

Publication: Geografia…

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.7 x 5 inches
17 x 12.7 cm
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Ptolemy's twelfth map of Asia depicting Taprobana based on Gastaldi's 1548 map. Picture of an elephant and descriptive text next to the map, which identifies the island of Taprobana with Sumatra - a common sixteenth century confusion concerning this island.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $130

Closed on 9/29/2004

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