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Map of Sri Lanka.

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Document identity
localId
st74cx979
label
Duodecima Asiae tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cx979
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Duodecima Asiae tabula
description
Map of Sri Lanka.
date
["1511"]
year
1511
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007968
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Sri Lanka--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Sri Lanka
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Sri Lanka
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Venice
publisher
J. Pentius de Leucho
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
7
schema:longitude
81
extent
1 map ; 33 x 30 cm.
notes
Map of Sri Lanka.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: latitudinal notes.
Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/claudiiptholemae00ptol
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st74cx979
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map
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