Laurent Fries: Tabula Nona Asia Continentur, Aria
Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel, Vienne, 1541
An early woodcut map of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the western part of India. With a small illustration of a king and title on verso.The origin of this Ptolemaic map is the first so called...
Antique woodcut map of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Printed in Vienne by Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.
Francois de Belleforest: Diu
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut view of Island Diu in India. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. The view comes from the French edition of the Cosmographia Universalis by...
Antique woodcut map of Diu. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Francois de Belleforest: Plant, et Figure de la riche cité de Calecut en la premiere Inde.
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut view of Calicut (Kozhikode) in India. With several ships and elephants. Ruled in brown ink. The view comes from the French edition of the Cosmographia Universalis by...
Antique woodcut map of Kozhikode, Calicut. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Sebastian Münster: Von der Statt Tarnasseri
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of Thamarassery in Kozhikode (Calicut) district of Kerala, India. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on...
Antique woodcut town view of Thamarassery, Kozhikode, Calicut. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Bernardus Sylvanus: Duodecima et ultima Asiae tabula
J. Pentius de Leucho, Venice, 1511
Early woodcut map of Ceylon / Sri Lanka printed in red and black. From Bernardus Sylvanus also known as Bernardo Silvano of Eboli Ptolemy edition 'Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber...
Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice by J. Pentius de Leucho in 1511.
Robert Dudley: Carta particolare che comincia con il capo Dofar in Arabia è finisce con il capo Cintapora nell...
Robert Dudley, Florenz, 1646
Very rare nautical chart of the Arabian Sea from R. Dudley's Dell'Arcano del Mare First edition of the striking sea chart of the Arabian Sea by Sir Robert Dudley from his Dell'Arcano del Mare...
Sea chart of the Arabian Sea. Printed in Florence by Robert Dudley in 1646.
John Rocque: A Plan of Madras and Fort St. George, Taken by the French, Commanded by Monsieur Martre de la...
London, 1751
A very rare plan of Madras during the Carnatic Wars This copper engraved plan of Madra in India was published by John Rocque in 1751 and engraved by one of his employees Robert Benning. It...
Antique map of Madras. Printed in London in the year 1751.
Gerard Mercator: India Orientalis
H. Hondius, Amsterdam, circa 1606
Beautiful coloured map of India, the Malay Peninsula, China and the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia and parts of Sumatra with Borneo from a French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. With two...
Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.
Martin Waldseemüller: Duodecima Asiae Tabula
Schott, Strasbourg, 1513 or 1520
Early handcoloured woodcut map of Ceylon / Sri Lanka from M. Waldseemuller of 1513. This ptolemaic map comes from the first so called Modern Atlas by Martin Waldseemuller since it is the first...
Coloured woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Strasbourg by Schott in 1513 or 1520.
Laurent Fries: Tabu. moder. Indiae
M. & G. Trechsel, Lyon, 1535
Woodcut map of India by L. Fries. From the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia edited by M. Servetus and published by M. and G. Trechsel, printed from the 1522 woodblocks of the first Fries...
Antique woodcut map of India. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.
Sebastian Münster: Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist genent worden
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early, decorative woodcut map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Sebastian Münster. To the left of the map a cartouche with explanatory text in 10 lines about pepper, above a large elephant representation....
Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
Francois de Belleforest: Goa Fortissima Indiae Urbs in Chris Fianorum potesfatem anno Salutis 1509 deuenit
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut view of Goa in India. Decorated with two galleons. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. The view comes from the French edition of the...
Antique woodcut map of Goa. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Sebastian Münster: Tabula Asiae VII
Petri, Basle, 1571
Woodcut map showing Persia up to India between Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. From the Latin 1571 edition of Strabo's Geographia with maps of Sebastian Munster which appeared in Ptolemy Geographia...
Antique woodcut map of the Middle East. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1571.
Emanuel Bowen: A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of the Great Mogul, ...
E. Bowen, London, 1747
Bowen's map of Mogul empire. Showing the area between India and Borneo with Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. From 'A Complete System of Geography' ....
Antique map of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Sumatra. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.
Francois de Belleforest: Canonor
Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius, Paris, 1575
A scarce and early woodcut view of Kannur formerly Cannanore in India. Ruled in brown ink. As a woodcut view, it is extremely fine cut. On the full text sheet. Based on the Kannur view of Braun and...
Antique woodcut town view of Cannanore, Kannur. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
Braun & Hogenberg: Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium
Cologne, 1575
Birdeye view of Kozhikode (Calicut) with ships and elefants.
Antique town view of Kozhikode. Printed in Cologne in the year 1575.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin: Karte von dem Eylande Caylan
Arkstee und Merkus, Leipzig, 1760
Engraved map of Sri Lanka, former Ceylon by Nicolas Bellin. A verx detailed plan of the island. From the German edition of Prévost's "L'Histoire Générale des Voyages" by J. J. Schwabe in Leipzig.
Antique map of Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Leipzig by Arkstee und Merkus in 1760.
Matthäus Merian: Goa
M. Merian, Frankfurt, 1646
Beautiful birdeye view of Goa in India from Matthäus Merian. Showing the city at the beginning of the 17th century with many ships in the harbour and a cartouche describing 43 buildings. From J....
Antique town view of Goa. Printed in Frankfurt by M. Merian in 1646.
Daniel Meissner: Diu in Arabia
Fürst, Nuremberg, 1638
Cooper engraved view of Diu in India from D. Meisner "Sciographia Cosmica" printed 1638 in Nuremberg. With Latin and German aphorism.
Antique town view of Diu, Kathiawar. Printed in Nuremberg by Fürst in 1638.
Daniel Meissner: Calechut
Fürst, Nuremberg, 1638
Cooper engraved view of Kozhikode, formerly Calicut on the Southwest coast of India from D. Meisner "Sciographia Cosmica" printed 1638 in Nuremberg. With Latin and German aphorism.
Antique town view of Calicut, Kozhikode. Printed in Nuremberg by Fürst in 1638.