India and Central Asia
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Out of stockLarge pictorial map showing India, Burma and Ceylon published in London in 1950 by the historic Philip & Tacey publishing house. The map is dominated by vivid vignettes illustrating agricultural products, natural resources, local activities, monuments and folkloric aspects. Notable depictions include the northwestern regions and the Rajastahn characterized by camels crossing the Thar Desert, evoking the ancient tradition of caravans, the Himalayan mountains depicted with snow-capped peaks, and major cities with historic buildings and…
- Dimension: 75 x 98 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1950
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Out of stockPrinted in full color and designed with a perspective approach, the map presents a bird’s-eye view of India and part of Sri Lanka in which the major regions and mountain ranges-particularly the Himalayas, depicted with very pronounced perspective reliefs-emerge spectacularly, giving the whole an almost three-dimensional character. This particular way of depicting maps was popular in the nineteenth century to elicit a sense of visual wonder and facilitate understanding of the most impervious regions. Major…
- Dimension: 54 x 32 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1858
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Out of stockA lovely and uncommon map showing the French establishments in India published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. The French establishments of Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé and Chandernagore are all in the Indian peninsula and are symbolized by small vignette.
- Dimension: 310 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1939
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Rare map of the regions surrounding the Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, and Turkestan during the 19th century. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Magnificent Coronelli’s map of the Indian Peninsula, from Guzarat to the Ganges. The map shows India below the Tropic of Cancer, with an insets of Ceylon and Trincomalee. It shows in very nice detail settlements, administrative division, larger towns, place names, rivers and canals. One of the most important and impressive large format 17th Century maps of the area. From the monumental Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognized as one of…
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 454 x 605 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
