| Antique Maps and Prints of India |
The first maps of India covered a large area, and included the East Indies. The Indian peninsula is shown greatly foreshortened, and Ceylon is sometimes to the right, and sometimes to the left.
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| India and East Indies. Sr.Sanson of Abbeville. Copper engraved map, contemporary colour, dated 1703.Size 52 x 38 cm, condition fair. Price £380.00/$616.00. |
It was not until detailed maps were required for trading purposes, in particular by the East India Company, that a thorough survey of India was carried out.
Selected Indian maps currently in stock
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India, Indien, Inner-Asien. A.Petermann, with inset map of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and information on British India, Native Principalities, etc. Coloured map from Stieler's Hand Atlas, published by Gotha; Justus Perthes 1876. 40.5 x 34 cm
£75.00 / $122.00
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Cananor, Seaport town of Hindostan on the coast of Malabar, important for the cardamom and pepper trade. It served as the operating base for attacks on the Island of Ceylon. It was the capital of a territory long ruled over by female sovereigns. In 1501 a small fort was built by the Portuguese,which was taken by the Dutch in 1664. Copper plate engraving from Abbe Prevost's Historical Travels, 1747. 28 x 20 cm
£48.00 /$78.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Plan of the Fortress of Coylan. Located on the Malabar coast of India. The Dutch East India Company captured it from the Portuguese in 1661. Also known as Quilon. Copper plate engraving, hand coloured, from Abbe Prevost's Historical Travels, 1747. 28 x 20 cm
£48.00 /$78.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Gujerat, Cutch, and surrounding area, Baldwin and Cradock, Published under the Superintendence for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,steel engraving with coloured borders dated 1833. 28 x 36 cm
£80.00 /$130.00 (plus packaging and postage)
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Selected prints of India currently in stock
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Festival of the Mohubram. H.Melville, steel engraving, engraved by E.W.Topham,published by Fisher, 1836. 15 x 10.5 cm
£30.00 / $48.00
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Calcutta. The Esplanade, T.Allom, engraved by E.Redclyffe, Steel engraving, published by Virtue, circa 1840. 19 x 12 cm
£36.00 / $58.00
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Bombay, T.Allom, engraved by A.Willmore, Steel engraving, published by Virtue, circa 1840. 19 x 12 cm
£36.00 / $58.00
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Bombay- Street View in the Native Town. Wood engraving circa 1880. 18.5 x 13cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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The Cotton Market Bombay. Taylor, Wood engraving circa 1880. 18.5 x 13cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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People and Scenes fom India, Ostindische Kultur, from Meyers Konversation Lexicon, Leipzig and Vienna, published in 1905. 13 x 21 cm
£20.00 / $32.00
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The Fortress of Dowlatabad in the Deccan. This was one of the strongest and most important native fortresses in India. Steel engraving, hand coloured, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, circa 1850. 18 x 12 cm
£38.00 / $62.00
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Assar Mahal, Beejapore, Drawn by Thomas Boys, Steel engraving, Published by Fisher, 1832. 18 x 12 cm
£34.00 / $55.00
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The Aubdaur or Water Cooler.W.Daniell, steel engraving, hand coloured, circa 1842. 14.5 x 9.5 cm
£38.00 / $62.00
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The Mail Cart. Wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1880. 14.5 x 12 cm
£20.00 / $32.00
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Mandoo, The Water Palace. Sketched by Captain R.Elliot, copper plate engraving, painted by Copley Fielding engraved by W.Floyd, published by Fisher, Son and Co. 1831. 18 x 11.5 cm
£30.00 / $48.00
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The Fortress of Nahan in the Dominion of Oude. Steel engraving, The London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1850. 20 x 13.5 cm
£30.00 / $48.00
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Muxadavad, The Cutteria. From Hodges, copper engraving by George Cooke, published by Longman 1810. 20 x 13.5 cm
£32.00 / $52.00
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Chouragautchy near Berhampore. Copper plate engraving from a sketch by E.H.Locker, engraved by George Cooke and Letttia Byrne taken on July 17th 1808. 20 x 14 cm
£32.00 / $52.00
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Fugitive Sepoys taking refuge in a Mountain fastness,Near Jumnootree on the Jumna, steel engraving, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company Ltd. circa 1860. 19 x 13 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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Falls near the Source of the Jumna, above Delhi.J.M.W.Turner, steel engraving, hand coloured, engraved by J.Coussen, circa 1860. 20.5 x 14 cm
£32.00 / $52.00
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Aurungzebe's Tomb, Rozah. Steel engraving, sketched by Capt. R.Elliot, drawn by S.Prout, Published by Fisher in 1832. 18.5 x 11.5 cm
£32.00 / $52.00
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Ancient Temple at Kunkhal, with Madrissa in the background. Steel engraving by David Roberts, engraved by Finden, published by Fullerton circa 1850. 11 x 13 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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Agra, Showing the Taj Mahal in the background. Steel engraving published by The London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1850. 18.5 x 11.5 cm
£32.00 / $52.00
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General View of Simla, taken from Jako Hill. Taylor, wood engraving circa 1880. 19 x 13 cm
£28.00 / $46.00
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Procession on water of the Godess Kaly, 2. Representing Krishna. Louis Auguste de Sainson from his Voyage of La Favorite circa 1835. 17 x 26 cm
£32.00 / $52.00
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