Manuscript copy of the Ptolemy (100-170 AD) world map, reconstituted from Ptolemy's Geography (c.150), indicating the countries of "Serica" and "Sinae" (China) at the extreme east, beyond the island of "Taprobane" (Sri Lanka, oversized) and the "Aurea Chersonesus" (Malay Peninsula). 15th-century.

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Caption: Manuscript copy of the Ptolemy (100-170 AD) world map, reconstituted from Ptolemy's Geography (c.150), indicating the countries of "Serica" and "Sinae" (China) at the extreme east, beyond the island of "Taprobane" (Sri Lanka, oversized) and the "Aurea Chersonesus" (Malay Peninsula). 15th-century.

Personalities: GRECO-EGYPTIAN

Credit: Album / Prisma

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Image size: 5123 × 4121 px | 60.4 MB

Print size: 43.4 × 34.9 cm | 2016.9 × 1622.4 in (300 dpi)

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