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Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dicitur

Alternative Title:

Vilavicencio, Cypriano Sanches. Insula Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dicitur

Description:

Ceilan hujus insulae descriptionem a Cypriano Sanchez cosmographo Hispano delineatam, huic nostro operi inserendam, dedit Clarissimus vir Petrus Plancius.

Relief shown pictorially.

2 bar scales on map, given in "Leucae Hispanicae" and "Milliaria Germanica."

North oriented toward left of sheet.

Shows Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Decorative cartouches, compass roses, rhumb lines, ships.

Features topography, waterways, vegetation, fauna vignettes (e.g., elephant).

Descriptive text throughout.

Appears in Jansson's Nouveau theatre du monde ou nouvel atlas, Amsterdam: Hondius, 1639.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tn548wg1632

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tn548wg1632

Language:

lat

Publisher:

Jansson, Jan, Hondius, Hendrik, and Jan Jansson

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1639

Spatial Coverage:

Asia and Sri Lanka

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false