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 Island of Sri Lanka. The island is identified as "Taprobana". To the left of the map is an image of an Elephant. Below that is descriptive text in Latin. 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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