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The Mapping of North America

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A finely engraved map of Ceylon or Sri Lanka by Girolamo Porro which first appeared in Tomaso Porcacchi’s ‘L’Isole Piu Famose del Mondo’ first published in Venice 1572. This example is from one of the following expanded editions. The map makes the same mistake as others of the period in displaying the Indian peninsular to its east. The map is orientated with north to the right. Shirley T.Por 1a no. 25.
PORCACCHI, Tomaso

Taprobana

Venice, 1572-[c.76]
105 x 145 mm., on sheet with Italian text, in good condition.
Stock number: 7047

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