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CEYLON [and the Maldive Islands].

Cartographer:

Bertius, Petrus

Title:

CEYLON [and the Maldive Islands].

Stock Code:

4440

Method:

Copper engraving

Publisher:

Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius.

Colouring:

Later colour

Atlas:

Bertii Tabularum geographicarum

Size: (W x H):

13cm x 9.5cm

5 inches x 3½ inches

Date:

1616

Price:

£245

Two maps on one sheet: Ceylon to the right and the Maldives to the left. Ships and sea-monsters. Petrus Bertius was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. As well as being a prolific writer on mathematical, historical and theological subjects he is known as a cartographer for his editions of Ptolemy's Geographia. In 1618 he moved to Paris and became Official Cosmographer to Louis XIII. He was related by marriage to Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere.

Top edge cropped, shaving tops of some letters. Very good condition.

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