India

  • 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
    1528 - Benedetto Bordone
    12207

    Antique woodcut map of Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice between 1528 and 1565.

    490,00 €
  • Sebastian Münster:  Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist genent worden

    Heinrich Petri, Basel, 1540 [1578]

    Frühe, dekorative Holzschnittkarte von Ceylon (Sri Lanka) von Sebastian Münster. Links neben der Karte Kartusche mit Erklärungstext in 10 Zeilen zum Pfeffer, darüber ein großer Elefant. Rückseitig...

    Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    12913

    Antike Holzschnitt-Landkarte von Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Gedruckt bei Heinrich Petri im Jahre 1578 in Basel.

    550,00 €
  • 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
    1541 - Laurent Fries
    11703

    Antique woodcut map of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan. Printed in Vienne by Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel in 1541.

    450,00 €
  • 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
    1574 - Sebastian Münster
    11532

    Antique woodcut town view of Thamarassery, Kozhikode, Calicut. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

    40,00 €
  • 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.
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11360

    Antique woodcut map of Kozhikode, Calicut. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    250,00 €
  • 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
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11364

    Antique woodcut map of Diu. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

    350,00 €
  • Jodocus Hondius:  India Orientalis

    Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1623

    One of the Most Beautiful Early Maps of Southeast Asia.Antique map of the Indian subcontinent with the Philippines and parts of Indonesia by Jodocus Hondius. Shows Southeast Asia between...

    India Orientalis
    1623 - Jodocus Hondius
    12649

    Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius in 1623.

    2 600,00 €
  • Jodocus Hondius:  Ins. Ceilan quae Incolis Tenarisin Dicitur

    H. Hondius, Amsterdam, 1633

    Beautiful coloured antique map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Jodocus Hondius. Oriented with east at the top, decorated with an elephant, a deer, a fox, a sailing ship, a compass rose and three...

    Ins. Ceilan quae Incolis Tenarisin Dicitur
    1633 - Jodocus Hondius
    12890

    Coloured map of Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius in 1633.

    950,00 €
  • 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.
    1650 - Johannes Janssonius
    11915

    Old coloured sea chart of the Gulf of Bengal. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius in 1650.

    850,00 €
  • 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
    1718 - Christoph Weigel
    12034

    Old coloured map of Ceylon, Sri Lanka. Printed in Nuremberg by Johann Ernst Adelbulner in 1718.

    590,00 €
  • Guillaume de l'Isle:  Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel / Orarum Malabariae, Coromandelae...

    Covens & Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1730

    Old coloured antique map of the southern part of India after Guillaume de l'Isle. This is the Covens & Mortier edition of the detailed map by G. de l'Isle. Shows southern India with Surat, Mumbai,...

    Carte des Cotes de Malabar et de Coromandel / Orarum Malabariae,...
    1730 - Guillaume de l'Isle
    12459

    Old coloured map of India. Printed in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier circa 1730.

    390,00 €
  • Reiner Ottens:  Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad C. Comorin

    Reiner & Joshua Ottens, Amsterdam, 1745

    A magnificently preserved, old coloured example of Frederic De Wit's sea chart of Africa, Arabia and part of India. This map, here the one in the rare 1745 edition by Reiner & Joshua Ottens, is...

    Occidentalior Tractus Indiarum Orientalium a Promontorio Bonae Spei ad...
    1745 - Reiner Ottens
    12864

    Old coloured sea chart of the Indian Ocean. Printed in Amsterdam by Reiner & Joshua Ottens in 1745.

    1 350,00 €
  • 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
    1511 - Bernardus Sylvanus
    11065

    Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice by J. Pentius de Leucho in 1511.

  • 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
    1513 - Martin Waldseemüller
    11064

    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...

    Tabu. moder. Indiae
    1535 - Laurent Fries
    10862

    Antique woodcut map of India. Printed in Lyon by M. & G. Trechsel in 1535.

  • 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
    1535 - Laurent Fries
    11895

    Antique woodcut map of the Asian continent. 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....

    Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist...
    1540 - Sebastian Münster
    11331

    Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.

  • 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
    1571 - Sebastian Münster
    10079

    Antique woodcut map of the Middle East. Printed in Basle by Petri in 1571.

  • 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
    1572 - Tomaso Porcacchi
    12370

    Antique map of Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Venice by Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro in 1572.

  • Braun & Hogenberg:  Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium

    Cologne, 1575

    Birdeye view of Kozhikode (Calicut) with ships and elefants.

    Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium
    1575 - Braun & Hogenberg
    10018

    Antique town view of Kozhikode. Printed in Cologne in the year 1575.

  • 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...
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11362

    Antique woodcut map of Goa. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • 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
    1575 - Francois de Belleforest
    11423

    Antique woodcut town view of Cannanore, Kannur. Printed in Paris by Nicolas Chesneau, Michel Sonnius in 1575.

  • 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
    1606 - Gerard Mercator
    10687

    Coloured map of the Philippines, Thailand, China, India. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1606.

  • 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.

    Diu in Arabia
    1638 - Daniel Meissner
    10602

    Antique town view of Diu, Kathiawar. Printed in Nuremberg by Fürst in 1638.

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