India

1535 - Laurent Fries
Laurent Fries: Tabu. moder. Indiae
M. & G. Trechsel, Lyon, 1535
Early and important woodcut map of Asia by Laurent Fries after Martin Waldseemüller. This woodcut map comes from the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geographia . One of the earliest representations...
Tabu. moder. Indiae
11895
Antique woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.
1 600,00 €
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1650 - Johannes Janssonius
Johannes Janssonius: Sinus Gangeticus, Vulgo Golfo De Bengala Nova descriptio.
Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam, 1650
Rare and very decorative, old coloured sea chart of the Bay of Bengal by J. Janssonius. Shows the north-eastern part of the Indian Ocean with Sri Lanka, the east coast of India, Bangladesh,...
Sinus Gangeticus, Vulgo Golfo De Bengala Nova descriptio.
11915
Old coloured sea chart of the Gulf of Bengal. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.
650,00 €
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1718 - Christoph Weigel
Christoph Weigel: Insula Ceylon ex delineatione Philippi Baldaei et Hadr. Relandi
Johann Ernst Adelbulner, Nuremberg, 1718
Scarce antique map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) by Christoph Weigel. Decorated with a beautiful title cartouche with a pyramid and an elephant. From Bequemer Schul- und Reisen-Atlas also titled Atlas...
Insula Ceylon ex delineatione Philippi Baldaei et Hadr. Relandi
12034
Old coloured map of Ceylon, Sri Lanka. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.
590,00 €
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1528 - Benedetto Bordone
Benedetto Bordone: Taprobana
Venice, 1528-1565
Rare woodcut map of Sri Lanka or Sumatra by Benedetto Bordone. Shows the island of Sri Lanka (former Ceylon) with a part of the mainland of India on top.From Libro di Benedetto Bordone... de...
Taprobana
12207
Antique woodcut map of Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.
490,00 €
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1541 - Laurent Fries
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...
Tabula Nona Asia Continentur, Aria
11703
Antique woodcut map of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Printed in Vienne by Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.
450,00 €
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
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...
Diu
11364
Antique woodcut map of Diu. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
350,00 €
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
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...
Plant, et Figure de la riche cité de Calecut en la premiere Inde.
11360
Antique woodcut map of Kozhikode, Calicut. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
250,00 €
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1572 - Tomaso Porcacchi
Tomaso Porcacchi: Taprobana - Descrittione dell'Isola di Taprobana
Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1572
First edition of Porcacchi's very attractive and early map of Sri Lanka or Sumatra. This finely-executed map shows the island of Sri Lanka (former Ceylon) with a part of the mainland of India to...
Taprobana - Descrittione dell'Isola di Taprobana
12370
Antique map of Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice by Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro in 1572.
190,00 €
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1574 - Sebastian Münster
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...
Von der Statt Tarnasseri
11532
Antique woodcut town view of Thamarassery, Kozhikode, Calicut. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
40,00 €
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1511 - Bernardus Sylvanus
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...
Duodecima et ultima Asiae tabula
11065
Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice by J. Pentius de Leucho in 1511.
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1646 - Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley: Carta particolare che comincia con il capo Dofar in Arabia è finisce con il capo Cintapora nell...
Robert Dudley, Florence, 1646
Very rare nautical chart of the Arabian Sea from R. Dudley's Dell'Arcano del MareFirst edition of the striking sea chart of the Arabian Sea by Sir Robert Dudley from his Dell'Arcano del...
Carta particolare che comincia con il capo Dofar in Arabia è finisce con...
11305
Sea chart of the Arabian Sea. Printed in Florence by Robert Dudley in 1646.
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1676 - John Speed
John Speed: A new map of East India
T. Bassett and R. Chiswell, London, 1676
Old coloured antique maps of Southeast Asia and India by John Speed. Published in Prospect of the most famous parts of the world , the first World Atlas published by an Englishman. The English...
A new map of East India
11899
Old coloured map of Southeast Asia. Printed in London by T. Bassett and R. Chiswell in 1676.
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1751 - John Rocque
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...
A Plan of Madras and Fort St. George, Taken by the French, Commanded by...
10977
Antique map of Madras. Printed in London in the year 1751.
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1606 - Gerard Mercator
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...
India Orientalis
10687
Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.
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1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
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...
Duodecima Asiae Tabula
11064
Coloured woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Strasbourg by Schott in 1513 or 1520.
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1535 - Laurent Fries
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...
Tabu. moder. Indiae
10862
Antique woodcut map of India. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.
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1540 - Sebastian Münster
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....
Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist...
11331
Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
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...
Goa Fortissima Indiae Urbs in Chris Fianorum potesfatem anno Salutis...
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Antique woodcut map of Goa. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
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1571 - Sebastian Münster
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...
Tabula Asiae VII
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Antique woodcut map of the Middle East. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1571.
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1747 - Emanuel Bowen
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' ....
A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of the Great Mogul, ...
11288
Antique map of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Sumatra. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.
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1575 - Francois de Belleforest
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...
Canonor
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Antique woodcut town view of Cannanore, Kannur. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.
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1575 - Braun & Hogenberg
Braun & Hogenberg: Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium
Cologne, 1575
Birdeye view of Kozhikode (Calicut) with ships and elefants.
Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium
10018
Antique town view of Kozhikode. Printed in Cologne in the year 1575.
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1760 - Jacques Nicolas Bellin
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.
Karte von dem Eylande Caylan
11267
Antique map of Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Leipzig by Arkstee und Merkus in 1760.
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1646 - Matthäus Merian
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....
Goa
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Antique town view of Goa. Printed in Frankfurt by M. Merian in 1646.
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