Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

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.Taprobana Ins. Tabula XII Asiae. [Sri Lanka.]

Ptolemy's mythical island of Taprobana originally became associated with Sri Lanka although it was sometimes confused with Sumatra. Taprobana, as it was called on most ea...

$2200 / ≈ €2051

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C.
Date: Lyons, M. Servetus, 1535

[Taprobana - Sri Lanka]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Ceylon prepared Martin Waldseemüller.Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "P...

$2200 / ≈ €2051

Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

Maldivae Insulae.

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 ...

$150 / ≈ €140

Publisher: LANGENES, B.
Date: Amsterdam / Frankfurt, 1609

Isola Di Ceylan. (Manuscript map of Sri Lanka)

Manuscript map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Inland filled with a good number of place names, mountains.

$650 / ≈ €606

Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Date: Italy, ca. 1750

Outposts of Empire. Ceylon.

A large colored lithograph by John Vickery (1906-1983), he was an Australian artist. He worked in the fields of painting, illustration and advertising. He is the only Aus...

$250 / ≈ €233

Publisher: VICKERY, John.
Date: London, ca 1937