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.

India Letts's Popular Atlas. Scale 135 Miles to the Inch. Coloured map showing British Governments, Native states, French and Portugese Possessions, Territory recently acquired, inlet map of England on the same scale. 1881. Size 35 x 42 cm, condition good. Price £80.00/$130.00. click for info

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

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 Condition good £75.00 / $122.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 Condition good. £48.00 /$78.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 Condition good. £80.00 /$130.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

Coromandel from D'Anville's Atlas. Copperplate map, hand coloured, engraved by Bowen for J.Harrison ,1788. 28 x 36 cm Condition fair as seen. £85.00 /$138.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

Selected prints of India currently in stock

A Suttee. Capt. Grindlay, steel engraving, engraved by J.Redaway, published by Fisher, 1844. 19 x 12cm Good Condition £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Bombay. Steel engraving from Meyers Universum, published at Hildburghausen in 1859. 15 x 10 cm Good Condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Bombay, T.Allom, engraved by A.Willmore, Steel engraving, published by Virtue, circa 1840. 19 x 12 cm Good Condition £36.00 / $58.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Ghat and Temple at Gokul. D.Roberts, steel engraving, engraved by R.Wallis, 1838. 14 x 10cm Good Condition £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Baoli and remains of the Palace of Jehanguir, at Delhi. T.C.Dibdin, Steel engraving, engraved by Capone, published by Fullerton, 1842. 14.5 x 10cm Good Condition £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Eastern Gate of the Jumma Masjid at Delhi. Thomas and William Daniell, Aquatint, with elephant and horses in procession in front, 1812. 24x 17 cm Condition fair £65.00 / $105.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

People and Scenes fom India, Ostindische Kultur, from Meyers Konversation Lexicon, Leipzig and Vienna, published in 1905. 13 x 21 cm Good Condition £20.00 / $32.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Mausoleum of Kausim Solemance at Chunar Gur. Thomas Daniel, Lithograph , published by Longman, Hurst,Rees, Orme and Brown, 1810. 21.5 x 14 cm Good Condition £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Temple of Juggernaut. A.J.Vickers,Steel engraving, hand coloured, engraver by T.Barber, circa 1850. 16 x 12 cm Good Condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Assar Mahal, Beejapore, Drawn by Thomas Boys, Steel engraving, Published by Fisher, 1832. 18 x 12 cm Good Condition £34.00 / $55.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Aubdaur or Water Cooler.W.Daniell, steel engraving, hand coloured, circa 1842. 14.5 x 9.5 cm condition good £38.00 / $62.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Mail Cart. Wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1880. 14.5 x 12 cm condition good £20.00 / $32.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Fortress of Nahan in the Dominion of Oude. Steel engraving, The London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1850. 20 x 13.5 cm condition good. £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Palace of Agra. Steel engraving, circa 1850. 19 x 12.5 cm condition good, but no margins. £30.00 / $48.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Muxadavad, The Cutteria. From Hodges, copper engraving by George Cooke, published by Longman 1810. 20 x 13.5 cm condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The British Residency at Hyderabad. Capt.Grindley, steel engraving, engraved by W.Miller, published by Fisher and son 1834. 19 x 13 cm condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 condition good £28.00 / $46.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 condition good £28.00 / $46.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

View near Deobun. G.F.White, engraved by C. Stanfield, steel engraving, hand coloured, published by Fisher 1846. 20x 14 cm condition good £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

General View of Simla, taken from Jako Hill. Taylor, wood engraving circa 1880. 19 x 13 cm condition good £28.00 / $46.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Town and Fort of Trichinopoly. Tamil Nadu. Drawn by T.J. Rawlins engraved on stone by Dean and Co. 1875 18.5 x 12 cm condition fair £28.00 / $46.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 condition fair £32.00 / $52.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Ten Avatars or Incarnations of Vishnu. A. Thom, Steel engraving, Dictionary of Religious Knowledge, published by A.Fullerton circa 1850. 25 x 18 cm condition good £40.00 / $65.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top