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Auction 128, Lot 62
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"Tabula Universalis Locorum, quae Phoenicum Navigationibus Maxime Frequentata Sunt, a Taprobana Thulen Usque", Bocharti, Samuelis

Subject: Ancient World

Period: 1712 (published)

Publication: Geographia sacra, seu Phaleg et Canaan

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.8 x 12.3 inches
40.1 x 31.2 cm
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This uncommon map shows the world known to the ancients and illustrates the extent of the travels of Phoenician navigators who were to have sailed as far as Iceland and to Sri Lanka (Toprobana). Place names are given in Latin and Hebrew. A wild horse is shown on the Russian steppes and a camel in western Africa, and the large title cartouche shows Phoenicians and exotic animals.

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Condition: A

Issued folded, now flattened with minor soil in the blank margins.

Estimate: $325 - $400

Sold for: $240

Closed on 5/20/2009

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