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Eastern part of Pakistan and Afghanistan
Ignazio Dantiaround 1574
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "This painting shows that part of Asia…that includes part of Paropaniside and Aracosia, with most of the stretch of the river Indo. In the worlds of Bedane there are wonderful rubies." Photo: Rabatti&Domingie
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- Title: Eastern part of Pakistan and Afghanistan
- Creator Lifespan: 1536 - 1586
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Alatri
- Creator Birth Place: Perugia
- Date Created: around 1574
- cartographer: Egnazio Danti
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w34 x h115 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Parte orientale di Pakistan e Afghanistan
- Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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