Subject: Southern Asia, India
Period: 1752 (dated)
Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatiff
Color: Hand Color
A pair of maps together depicting the Indian subcontinent, with nicely detailed topography. The first map (13.3 x 8.7"), depicts the northern part, which includes present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan. A river extending west from Baleshwar has a note indicating that the course of the river is unknown. The second (9.5 x 8.5"), covers the southern part along with Sri Lanka. The maps stand on their own, with decorative title cartouches, and Dutch titles below.
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Condition: A
Both are fine impressions with original color on watermarked paper. The first has a small wormhole just inside the neatline at left, and the second a small abrasion by the centerfold at bottom in an unengraved area.