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Map of Southeast Asia Ptolemy / Mercator c. 1730
Klubbat för:
300 SEK
Estimate
1 500 SEK
Description
MAP OF ASIA. PTOLEMY (after) - MERCATOR, GERHARD. Tab. XI. Asiae, Comprehendens Indiam Extra Gangem...
Engraved map with small title cartouche, elephants, camels, sailing ships. c. 345x325 mm.
This great map illustrates the Ptolemaic concept of Malaya and Indochina, labeled India Extra Gangem or India beyond the Ganges.
Mercator originally published this map in his 1578 edition of Ptolemy´s great Geography.
Condition
Repairs, tears to margin, folds.
Auktionsnummer:
501471
Date:
2017-12-09