Fine image of the Arabian Peninsula and much of India, illustrating the third and final voyage of Vasco Da Gama, which result in his death and the ascendancy of Henrique de Menezes as Governor of India. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the...
Striking map of India and the Malaysian Peninsula, showing excellent detail throughout. From De Fer's Atlas Curieux. Nice wide margins and decorative cartouche.
Interesting early map of the Maldives, Ceylon and parts of Malaysia and Sumatra, illustrating the travels of Diego Lopez de Sequeira. In the early 18th Century, Vander Aa reproduced a number of rare manuscript and printed accounts of 16th Century...
Interesting pair of maps, Genealogical tree and 3 indigenous views of the Mogol Empire, from Chatelain's Atlas Historique. The upper maps show the Empire of the Great Mogol and the Kingdom of Kachimere. The center includes a tree showing the Mogol...
Scarce Dutch Edition of William Baffin's Map of India Fine dark impression of the Pierre Vander Aa edition of William Baffin's map of India, which is widely regarded as the first English map of India and the single most influential map of India...
Rare modern map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon), published by Weigel in Nuremberg. The map credits Philips Baelde and Adrian Reland. Philips Baelde or Father Philippus Baldaeus was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an...
Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies The sheet includes 4 harbor views Batavia (Jakarta), Amboina, Ternate, and Solor, and 3 fort...
India south of Goa, from Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam. The map includes three text boxes giving particulars of the region and its divisions. Interior details include the Western Ghats and wild animals among the...
An Early View of Goa Decorative and detailed birds-eye view of the city and harbor of Goa. The map is based upon an earlier map by Jan Huygen van Linschoten. Linschoten served 6 years as the bookkeeper for the Archbishop of Goa (1583-89). While in...
Decorative map of ancient India, from Weigel's Descriptio Orbis Antiqui.
Detailed map of the southern part of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, published by Vander Aa in Leiden. The map provides a highly detailed treatment of the region, including topographical details.
Second edition of De Fer's rare map of the region extending from Hong Kong and Macao in the east to the Indus River and Maldives in the west, bearing the imprint of his son-in-law and successor, Guillaume Danet. This fascinating map includes...
One of the earliest printed maps of Trincomalee Bay, from Valentyn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien. Finely detailed map of the Trincomalee Bay in Sri Lanka. Valentijn was born in 1666 in Dordrecht, Holland, but spent significant time in the tropics,...
Fine early view of Colombo, Sri Lanka, including a number of buildings along the coast and the Indian Ocean teeming with vessels. Francois Valentijn Francois Valentijn was born in 1666 in Dordrecht, Holland, but spent significant time in the tropics,...
Fine early view of Trincomallee Bay, Sri Lanka, with soundings, compass rose and other details. The map is oriented with Southwest at the top. Francois Valentijn Francois Valentijn was born in 1666 in Dordrecht, Holland, but spent significant time in...
Finely Detailed Map of Southern India Emphasizing Trade Finely engraved map of the southern part of India, first issued in 1723 by acclaimed French mapmaker Guillaume De L’Isle. It focuses on trade routes within India, as well as the Coromandel and...