Tabula Asiae XII (Sri Lanka).

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• ARTIST: Sebastain Munster

• PUBLISHER: Published Basel.

• MEDIUM: Woodcut,

  DATE: 1542.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 7/8 x 13 3/4" (250 x 340 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: A Ptolemaic map from Sebastian Munster's "Geographia Universalis", a renowned compilation of 27 Ptolemaic and 21 "modern" maps. This one depicts Taprobana, or the island of Ceylon. At right is Munster'e rendition of an elephant.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps