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A Ceylon map
Estimate
500 - 800
Session 1
19 April 2017
Hammer Price
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Polychrome etching after original map by Cipriano Sanches, Portuguese cartographer of the 17th century
Part of the Mercator-Hondiu Atlas, French edition of 1619
(in need of consolidation)
34,5x50 cm
Category
Paintings
Additional Information
This is one of the oldest known maps of Ceylon, preserving the Portuguese toponymy of the Island.
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