The elephants throing [that is, throwing] down [the] palm trees ; [Eyland Ceylon].
Title for print from caption. Title for map from Beschryving van het machtige eyland Ceylon., Brevigraph "ye" in caption for print expanded to "the" in title., Island at top of map labeled "Ninduadiva nunc I. Middelburgh.", "Vol 3, p 717" at top right of print, "vol 3, p 718" in upper right corner of map.
- Alternate Title
- Elephants throing down the palm trees, Elephants throwing down the palm trees, Ninduadiva nunc I. Middelburgh, Eyland Ceylon.
- Abstract
- A print and a map on one sheet from 1752? edition of Collection of voyages and travels : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. Vol. III. The print is an illustration of elephants knocking down palm trees, and the map is of islands near Ceylon, or Sri Lanka. Both images were first published in Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende ryken, en het machtige eyland Ceylon (1672). The map was originally captioned "Eyland Ceylon." (See Beschryving van het machtige eyland Ceylon, pages 170 and 173)., Map of islands near Ceylon includes the islands of Leyden, Middelburgh, Hammen hiel (or Cays), Bramines, Dona Clara, and Deserta.
- Contributor
- Churchill, Awnsham, -1728 (Contributor), Baldaeus, Philippus, 1632-1672 (Contributor)
- Date
- 1752?
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- plate mark 13 x 17 cm (each), on sheet 34 x 21 cm
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print and 1 map on 1 sheet
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Churchill, Awnsham, -1728. A collection of voyages and travels
- Source
- From 1752? edition of Collection of voyages and travels : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. Vol. III.
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)
- Attribution
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