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Ceylon

Description:
Scale approximately 1:1,600,000 (E 79°22ʹ00ʺ--E 82°04ʹ00ʺ/N 10°02ʹ00ʺ--N 5°43ʹ00ʺ). Relief shown by hachures. Provinces are outlined in colour. Includes vignettes along the margins: Lake of Kandy -- Adam's Peak -- Colombo -- Temple of Buddha, Kalany -- Ruins of a Dagoda, Toophramaya . Prime meridian: Greenwich. Likely from: Tallis's illustrated atlas and modern history of the world : geographical, political, commercial and statistical / edited by R. MontgomeryMartin. London ; New York : John Tallis & Co., 1851. 1 map : color ; 21 x 30 cm
Collection:
John R. Borchert Map Library
Place(s):
Sri Lanka
Year:
1851
Held by:
Minnesota
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