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Taprobane Nesos

A map of Ptolemaic Taprobane (i.e., Sri Lanka) from the Codex Athous Vatopedinus 655

Mapmaker / publisher
Ptolemy & al
Place
Asia
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,768 × 2,318 pixels

Public domain

Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"Taprobane Nesos". Ptolemy & al, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taprobane_Nesos.png

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