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Justus Perthes: India and Southeast Asian in Ancient Times.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Justus Perthes  (1749–1816)  wikidata:Q61592
 
Justus Perthes
Alternative names
Johann Georg Justus Perthes
Description cartographer
Date of birth/death 11 September 1749 Edit this at Wikidata 1 May 1816 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
Work period 1880 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Sumatra Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q61592
Title
India and Southeast Asian in Ancient Times.
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English: This fine hand colored map is a steel plate lithograph depicting India and Southeast Asia in Ancient Time. This area was all but mythical during the period that that map claims to depict. There are a number of supposed jungle cities simply marked with a “?”. An altogether fascinating depiction. It was published in 1855 by the legendary German cartographer Justus Perthes. Issued as part of the “Spruneri Atlas Antiquarie”.
Date 1855
date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: India-spruneri-1855
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