Antique Map of Ceylon 'Sri Lanka' by Ruscelli, 1574

Antique map titled 'Ostindien.' (Map of India with an inset map of East-Bengal.) This attractive original old antique print / plate / map originates from 1885-1907 editions of a famous German encyclopedia: 'Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon.', published in Leipzig and Vienna. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major German encyclopedia that existed in various editions from 1839 until 1984, when it merged with the Brockhaus encyclopedia. Several of the plates were also used in Dutch Encyclopedia's like Winkler Prins...

A very rare mid-16th century black and white map of North and West Africa called Mauritania by the Italian cartographic editor Girolamo Ruscelli. T...

Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Ceylon opgestelt door Francois Valentyn'. Beautiful map of Sri Lanka. Originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien (..)' by F. Valentijn,...

Antique map titled 'Tab XII. Asiae Taprobanam'. Ptolemaic map of Sri Lanka. Ptolemy drew on the accounts of travelers and sailors and though the information was secondhand and often ...

Antique map titled 'Asiae XII Tab'. Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Taprobana. The map shows Ptolemy's erroneous location of the island of Sri Lanka near the equator, with a bit of India...

Original antique map titled 'Tab XII Asiae Taprobanam (..)'. For this map of Toprobana (Sri Lanka), Ptolemy drew on the accounts of travelers and sailors and though the information was secondhand and often inaccurate, it represented the most advanced account of the world's geography at that time. This map depicts the island with the typical misconceptions of the period with the enlarged island straddling the Equator and nearly divided by a ridge of mountains. A small part of India is incorrectly shown in the northeast corner of the map and a spurious coastline labeled Gangem fills the upper right corner. The stipple engraved sea contains an oriental ship...

Great map of Missouri Drawn and Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston Published By A & C Black, Edinburgh. Original colour Unframed.

Great map of Australia Drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall Steel engraving Original colour outline Published by A & C Black. 1847 Unframed Free shipping.

Great map of Europe Drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall Steel engraving Original colour outline Published by A & C Black. 1847 Unframed Free shipping.

Great map of Ireland Drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall Steel engraving Original colour outline Published by A & C Black. 1847 Unframed Free shipping.

Great map of Poland Drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall Steel engraving Original colour outline Published by A & C Black. 1847 Unframed ...

Great map of Asia Drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall Steel engraving Original colour outline Published by A & C Black. 1847 Unframed Free shipping