Author: CHAMOUIN AND AUBERT
Title: Map of India: Parties Orientales de L'Asie
Description: 1750. Book, Two early maps of India circa 1750 engraved by Chamouin and Aubert. Parties Orientales de l'Asie based on classical maps by the geographers of Alexandria and Eratosthenes and his followers. On one single sheet with maps 46 by 28 cm. One fold. The first map shows India in relation to Arabia and lands identified as Perse (Persia) Scythie Arie and Bactriane. The second more detailed map depicts India Scythie Arie and Serique as one land mass with the island of Taprobane (Sri Lanka). Uncoloured. Unusual. Good condition. Image available.

Keywords: India