Ceylon Olim Taprobana Incolis Tenarisis ...
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A good example of one of the most attractive maps of the island of Ceylon, shown with north to the right, in full original colour. Matthias Seutter was one of a handful of German mapmaker/publishers active at this time and competing with Dutch and French dominance of the European map trade. Their
work is typified by a strongly engraved style with elaborate cartouches, in this case decorated with European and Ceylonese figures, swags of fruit and trinkets, and, as here, distinctive full wash colour on land areas.
region: Maps of India and Ceylon
mapmaker:
M.Seutter
place and date of publication:
Augsburg c.1740
medium and colour:
copperplate, Original colour
ref:
32862
size in cms: 57 x 49 Price: £ 850 |
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