Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Ruscelli, Girolamo
Title:
Ceylon - Tabvla Asiae XII - Taprobana
Date:
1561
Medium:
copper engraving
Size:
28.2 x 24 cms.
Description:
Ceylon or Sumatra, the island of Taprobana is mysterious. This particular map was published in Venice in 1562.
Girolamo Ruscelli was an Italian editor who worked in Venice. He produced an Italian translation of Ptolemy's Geographia, entitled La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo in Venice in 1561 and 1562.
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Item Code:
MA5898
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