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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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 €
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Daniel Meissner: Calechut
Fürst, Nuremberg, 1638
Cooper engraved view of Kozhikode, formerly Calicut on the Southwest coast of India from D. Meisner "Sciographia Cosmica" printed 1638 in Nuremberg. With Latin and German aphorism.
Calechut
1638 - Daniel Meissner
10605
Antique town view of Calicut, Kozhikode. Printed in Nuremberg by Fürst in 1638.
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