Subject: Indian Ocean
Period: 1707 (circa)
Publication: Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en landreysen…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11 x 6 inches
27.9 x 15.2 cm
This finely engraved map illustrates the region Diego Lopez de Sequeira visited in 1518 when he became the governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. The map covers the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Nicobars Islands, and northern Sumatra. Embellished with a pictorial title cartouche.
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Condition: A
Pleasantly toned with faint offsetting in map and a light damp stain in left margins.