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Taprobana Insul

The 12th Asian Map, depicting Taprobana Island. Ascribed to the nonexistant "1492" Ptolemy, intending the 1482 Ulm edition by Leonard Hol.

Date
1482
Mapmaker / publisher
Ptolemy; Paul Lacroix
Place
Sri Lanka
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
723 × 759 pixels

Public domainsafest

Reason: its maker died more than 70 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-70-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Taprobana Insul" (1482). Ptolemy; Paul Lacroix, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taprobana_Insul.jpg

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