Price: $1,000.00
SKU: 103864
ARTIST: Nicolas Sanson
PUBLISHER: Published by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving.
DATE: c.1700.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 3/8 x 21 1/4" (39.2 x 53.8 cm)
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful map Asia shown divided into its ancient regions, including a vast Scythia in the north, Serica (the Land of Silk) in the east, and India Intra and Extra Gangem, or India, beyond the Ganges.<br><br> The original cartography for this map is by Nicolas Sanson in the mid-seventeenth century, this state is explicitly attributed to his son Guillaume Sanson, who revised the plate. with new information. The map attempts to reconcile the writings of Ptolemy, Strabo, and Pliny with early modern exploration.<br><br> The geographic configuration reflects the distinct cartographic myths of the Sanson school: Korea is depicted as an island, separated from The Philippines are shown as a somewhat primitive cluster
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CONDITION: Very good condition. Full original body coloring.
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