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Auction 128, Lot 839
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"Bengala", Langenes, Barent

Subject: India and Bangladesh

Period: 1598 (published)

Publication: Caert-thresoor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
5 x 3.3 inches
12.7 x 8.4 cm
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This is a very early miniature map of the Bay of Bengal and the delta of the Ganges River. Calcutta (Calecota) and Chittagong (Bengala) are located along with numerous other settlements. The maps of this rival to Ortelius' pocket atlas were engraved by two of the finest Flemish engravers: brothers-in-law Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere. This map doesn't have an engraver's signature. Dutch text on verso.

References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 80-82.

Condition: B+

Lightly soiled with paper loss in the lower right margin.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $210

Closed on 5/20/2009

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