File:Ptolemy's Taprobana.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 800 × 545 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 218 pixels | 640 × 436 pixels | 1,024 × 697 pixels | 1,280 × 872 pixels | 2,094 × 1,426 pixels.
Original file (2,094 × 1,426 pixels, file size: 1.08 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
| Artist | |
| Author |
Ptolemy, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer |
| Description |
English: Ptolemy's 12th Asian Map (Tabula XII Asiae) by Laurent Fries from Michel Servet's 1535 reprint of his 1522 maps for Ptolemy's Geography (Cosmographia), depicting Taprobane (Taprobana Insula), a greatly swollen form of the island of Sri Lanka. |
| Date | 1535 |
| Medium | ink and color on parchment |
| Dimensions | height: 37.3 cm (14.6 in); width: 50.3 cm (19.8 in) |
| Source/Photographer | [1] |
![[1]](http://www.bergbook.com/images/25234-01.jpg){kind=link}
Licensing
|
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1931. |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 18:23, 20 August 2011 | | 2,094 × 1,426 (1.08 MB) | wikimediacommons>Astronomyinertia |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
