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Untitled map of Southern Asia c.1700

Title: Untitled map of Southern Asia
Author: Anonymous
Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored (likely later). 24.5x37.5 cm. (9¾x14½"); matted and framed under plexiglass.The southern half of Asia, from the Mediterranean to Indochina, evidently from a Bible or Biblical work, with the landing place of the Ark of Noah shown atop Mt. Ararat (near the headwaters of the Oxus in central Asia); also, "The passage of Ophie & Havilah into India" and "The pasage of Nimrod."
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Date Published: c.1700

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Very good or better, not examined out of frame.

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Americana - Exploration - Natural History
1:00 PM PT - Jul 24th, 2008

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