ARTIST: Claudius Ptolemy
PUBLISHER: Published by Giovanni Antonio Magini, Venice.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1596
EDITION SIZE: Plate size 5 3/8 x 7" (13.5 x 17.8 cm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine example of this Ptolemaic map of the Malaysian Peninsula and Indian Ocean. The Himalayas are shown along the upper edge. This map appeared in Magini's"Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei Pars Scounda" which was part of "Geographiae Universae...".
ADDITIONAL INFO: First state.
CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.
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