Ceylan Et Les Maldives antique map N. Sanson Abbeville 1662.
Title: Ceylan Et Les Maldives, N. Sanson Abbeville.
Antique map of Sri Lanka, Ceylon and The Maldives, copperplate engraved, hand colored.
Nicolas Sanson (1600–1667) was a French cartographer. He was born of an old Picardy family of Scottish descent, at Abbeville, on the 20th (or 31st) of December 1600, and was educated by the Jesuits at Amiens.
Origin: L'Europe en plusieurs cartes Paris, 1652/1683. Size: Sheet app.: 27 x 21.5 cm. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Image app.: 24.5 x 18.5 cm. 8.6 x 7.2 inches. Condition: View overall very good, folds as published. Print is washed and deacidified. Blank verso.
