File:UBBasel Map Taprobane 1550 Kartenslg Mappe 251-96.tiff

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English: Taprobana (Sri Lanka)
Deutsch: Sumatra [sic] ein grosse Insel so von den alten Geographen Taprobana ist genennt worden
Description
English: The map of Taprobana (modern Sri Lanka) from an edition of Münster's Cosmography. Mislabeled as Sumatra.
Deutsch: Sumatra [sic] ein grosse Insel so von den alten Geographen Taprobana ist genennt worden
Date
Source 10.3931/e-rara-25243 : Info: Kartenportal.CH
Creator
Sebastian Münster (1488-1552)
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Recommended forms of attribution:
English: Basel University Library, Kartenslg Mappe 251:96
German: Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Kartenslg Mappe 251:96
French: Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Bâle-Ville, Kartenslg Mappe 251:96

 Geotemporal data
Map location Sri Lanka
Scale c. 1:2 700 000
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 Bibliographic data
Language ger
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Basel, Officin Henricpetrina
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q683842
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Basel UB, Kartenslg Mappe 251:96
Dimensions 24 × 22 cm (9.4 × 8.6 in), auf Bl. 29 × 38 cm (11.4 × 14.9 in)
Medium Holzschnitt
Notes Karte spiegelverkehrt und zeigt Sri Lanka, nicht Sumatra / Alternativtitel auf der Rückseite: Beschreibung der Inseln Taprobana so in dem Indianischen Moere gelegen ist. - Mit Abb. eines Elefanten links von d. Karte / Aus: Münsters Cosmographia

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