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Erythraei sive Rubri Maris Periplus.

  • ARTIST: Joannes Jansson

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1680.

  • EDITION SIZE: 15 1/2 x 18 3/8" (392 x 467 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This fine historical map shows an area from Egypt to the Far East. On each side of the title cartouche are nset maps, one shows the North Pole and "Annonis Periplus" The cartographic sources of this map are based on Homer's Odyssee, Isaac Tzetzes, Ovidius and Ausonius.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Original hand coloring.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps