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Summary
| Artist | |
| Author |
Ptolemy
, translated by
Willibald Pirckheimer
|
| Description |
English:
Ptolemy's 12th Asian Map (
Tabula XII Asiae
) by
Laurent Fries
from
Michel Servet
's 1535 reprint of his 1522 maps for
Ptolemy
's
Geography
(
Cosmographia
), depicting
Taprobane
(
Taprobana Insula
), a greatly swollen form of the island of
Sri Lanka
.
|
| Date | 1535 |
| Medium | ink and color on parchment |
| Dimensions | height: 37.3 cm (14.6 in); width: 50.3 cm (19.8 in) |
| Source/Photographer | [1] |
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Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
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