Subject: Sri Lanka
Period: 1632 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.9 x 7.3 inches
25.1 x 18.5 cm
Handsome small map of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) with north oriented to the left. The map is fully engraved to show the mountains, forests and kingdoms and a few simple roads. This map was engraved by Petrus Kaerius for Cloppenburgh's edition of the Atlas Minor. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #8380:353A.
Condition: B+
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with two printer's creases at left, a light dampstain at top left, and a couple of tiny worm holes.