Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1756. Map. Engraving. Page measures 10 3/4" x 15 5/8". Image measures 8.5" x 10.5". Beautifully drawn early map of Bombay Harbor, known today as "Front Bay". Shows depths and sandbars. Also includes pictorial details including churches, forts, and ships. Very good condition. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de..... More

London: Bowen, Emanuel. Map. Uncolored Engraving. Image measures 14 1/2" x 17 3/4". This elaborate map of the East Indies extends from Australia, the Philippines and the Carolines in the east to India, the Malvdives and Afganistan in the West. The index includes towns and geographic features such as mountains, rivers, and islands. In addition, the map also features information about trade winds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. The coast of early Australia, labeled here as New..... More

Boston: W.D. Ticknor, 1835. Map. Engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 10.25" x 8" This map of India was published in 1835 in Bradford's "Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical and Commercial". The map covers the entire subcontinent, parts of present-day Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan, and Nepal, and includes Sri Lanka, the Maldive, Laccadive, and the Andaman Islands. Relief is shown pictorially. It is in good condition, with a small tear to the left margin and minor creasing to upper left..... More

London: John Cary, 1813. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 18.25" x 20.25". Sheet measures 21.5" x 27.25". This map of the Malabar coast in India is by John Cary and covers the southern region of the Indian subcontinent, from Bombay in south to the southern tip of India. Includes parts of the Isle of Ceylon or Sri Lanka. The map is extremely detail reflecting Cary's attention to accuracy and dedication to keeping his maps up-to-date. It is in..... More

London: James and John Knapton, 1728. Sea Chart. Uncolored engraving.19 x 22 1/2 inches. This beautiful early sea chart of the Coromandel coast in Southeast India covers the entire eastern coast of India as well as the western coast of Burma (Myanmar) and southern Thailand. Extends from modern day Kanyakumari north to include the Ganges River Delta, the coast of Bangladesh and then south along western coast of Burma or Myanmar to Thailand. The northern parts of Sri Lanka or..... More

Calcutta: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, 1962. Map. Lithograph. 18 x 28 inches. In very good condition. Shows some very light staining. This colorful guide map shows Mysore and Bangalore. Illustrates and describes many local places of interest and historical significance including the Jain statue at Shravan Belagola. More

Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1733. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 21 1/4" x 18 3/4" This beautiful 1733 map of Southern India and Sri Lanka or Ceylon was issued by Homann Heirs. Largely based on the cartographic work of Jean Bourcet, it covers from Daman south to include all of Sri Lanka. Mapping the region following the death of Emperor Aurangzeb and the resulting decline of the Mughal Empire, several important towns and cities are..... More

1778. Map. Engraving. Image measures 13.25 x 15 inches. Sheet measures 15 x 17.25 inches. In very good condition. Shows some light foxing. Comprehensive map of Asia with camel cartouche. Sea of Corea noted and Engraved for Baldwin's New Complete & Universal System of Geography. More

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1799. Sea chart. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 13 1/8' x 27 1/8". Beautifully detailed map of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Includes rhumb lines, a compass rose, extensive geographical descriptions of the area and five inset maps: "The Harbour of Carmorta or Noncowry", "North Part of Great Andaman on a larger Scale", "South Part of Great Andaman", "The Channel between the Great and Little Andaman Islands..." and "Port Cornwallis"..... More

Edinburgh: Lizars, William, 1831. Map in four sheets. Engraving with original hand outline. Each image measures 15.5" x 19.75". Beautifully detailed map of Asia, in four sheets. Full original margins, minor aging along edges. Two small tears to bottom margin. More

Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 19 3/4 x 23 inches. Sheet measures 22 x 26 inches. Lovely map of Sri Lanka and part of India including Adams Bridge (limestone shoals between India and Sri Lanka, perhaps formerly constituting a land bridge also called Rama Setu) and two elegant cartouches. Staining throughout some toning otherwise good. Reiner and Joshua Ottens (1698-1750 and 1704-1765) took over their father's map-making business in 1725. They were known best for producing enormous..... More

India: Survey of India, 1934. Colored offset Lithograph. Sheet maps 22" x 29.5". This interesting 1934 pocket map depicts the plan of the Gulbarga Fort and vicinity located in the northern part of the state of Karnataka (at the time, Hyderabad State) in southern India. Beautifully detailed, the map notes the fort, important roads, lakes, wells, vegetation, and a host of other topographic elements. Originally built by Raja Gulchand, a feudatory of the Warangal Kakatiyas, it was further fortified and..... More

Venice: Bernado Sylvanus, 1511. Map. Original woodcut print with printed color.. Page measures 16 3/4" x 22". 1511. This rare Ptolemaic map of Central Asia features the regions east of the Caspian Sea with northern India and western China. Includes Scythia, Tajikistan, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China), Kyrgyzstan. Geographic features include the Ganges and the Himalayas. Relief is beautifully rendered pictorially with places and natural features labeled. The margin includes notes on climate and latitude. The unusual perspective of the geographical..... More