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India

By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS, 1511 

Undecima Asiae Tabula

Asia Southeast Asia
  • Author: PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS
  • Publication place: Venice
  • Publisher: Jacobus Pentius de Lencho
  • Publication date: 1511.
  • Physical description: Double-page woodcut map
  • Dimensions: 470 by 406mm. (18.5 by 16 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 5300

Notes

Map showing the Indian subcontinent. India is shown much smaller than reality; Sylvanus reversed the comparative proportions of India and Sri Lanka. 

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