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| DE BRY, Th. - Delineatio Regiae Civitatis Candy. (Plan of the city Kandy in Ceylon.) Frankfurt, 1607, Uncoloured.. 270x351mm. In very good to mint condition. Uncommon early view of the city of Kandy, in the center of Ceylon –now Sri Lanka-, shown from above, intricately engraved; it shows a fortification at the center of the city, flanked at East by a river, and giving an idea of the architecture of the town.
Four men in local costumes, in ci...
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| LANGENES, B. - Maldivae Insulae. Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609, Uncoloured.. 85x124mm. Some marginal paper thinness. Paper slightly age toned. Very fine early miniature map of Maldives Islands. East is at the top. Title cartouche on the lower right corner. A dolphin and two ships are depicted. First published in 1598 in his Caert-Thresoor, the plates were executed by the most famous engravers in Amsterdam, including Petrus Ka...
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| ANONYMOUS - Isola Di Ceylan. (Manuscript map of Sri Lanka) Italy, ca. 1750, In original colours.. 260x210mm. Manuscript map in brown ink on paper. In very fine condition. Manuscript map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Inland filled with a good number of place names, mountains. ...
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