Subject: Sri Lanka
Period: 1621 (circa)
Publication: Geografia…
Color: Black & White
Size:
6.7 x 5 inches
17 x 12.7 cm
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+