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Description Ptolemy's map of India within the Ganges (India intra Gangem), his 10th map of Asia (Tabula Asiae X), as reconstructed by Girolamo Porro
Date 1570s
date QS:P,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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Low res scan from a photocopy of a page from Girolamo Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy's Geography (c. 1574?)

Cropped and gamma corrected by myself using Adobe photoshop. Book from the collection of National library of Australia
Author Venu62

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current21:59, 10 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:59, 10 January 2007696 × 545 (566 KB)Venu62~commonswiki (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Ancient Map of South Asia showing South India. Attributed to Ptolomy and drawn by Girolamo Porro c. 1598. |Source= Low res scan from a photocopy of a page from ''Giografia'', Venice 1458. Cropped and gamma corrected by myself

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