Aethiopia. Taprobana - Alte Landkarte

Autor: Mela, Pomponius

Verlag: Henric Petri

Verlagsort: Basel

Erscheinungsjahr : 1564

Sri Lanka (Ceylon)."Aethiopia" (title above the map) - "Taprobana" (title in map). Orig. woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti in Basel, 1564. 13:16 cm.

A miniature map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). - Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. He was born in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died c. AD 45.

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Stichwörter: Alte Landkarte, Alte Landkarten, Antike Karten, Aethiopia. Taprobana