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Samuel Bochart
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Taprobanae Insulae Descriptio Ex Ptol. Incolae eidem Salae Hippuros id est Ophir portus de quo Plinius et Solinus Ubifuerit ignoramus
Publication Place / Date
Utrecht / 1692
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10.5 x 8 inches
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Uncolored
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VG
Stock# 20181
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Nice example of Taprobana and part of India, based upon Ptolemy, from Bochart's Geographia sacra, seu Phaleg et Canaan, one of the earliest works to focus on the history of languages.

The title and much of the nomenclature is in both Latin and Hebrew.

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