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Uncolored engraving depicting a map of Sri Lanka, or Taprobana, with cities and rivers marked and labeled. Text in Latin. Decorative drawings of whales and ships over the sea. Cartouche at bottom.
From the Opera Omnia of Samuel Bochart, specifically in "Geographia sacra, seu Phaleg et Canaan" (one of the first works to focus upon the history of languages).


cartography
1692-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Boutesteyn, Cornelium; Luchtmans, Jordanum
ink; laid paper
14 1/2 in x 9 in
Netherlands: Leiden