2 INDIA, Maldives, Ceylon (Sri Lanka),Malabar, Kandahar, Burma Antique maps 1771

Description: 2 Antique original watermarked copperplate engraved maps. Plate A-26-Title: "Indes" Iere Feuille". Northern India. Shows the subcontinent from Kandahar east as far as Burma (Pegu) and south to just past Goa. Shows wind direction & prime meridians. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no. A-26 in Jean Lattre's issue of the "Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes Sur Toutes les Partie du Globe Terrestre par Plusieurs Auteurs". French atlas, including maps by Rizzi, Janvier and Zannoni. Incredible detail with hand coloring with small and large town names. Large hand colored title and cartouche. Entire sheet measures approx. 18x23 inches, image measures approx.16.5x12.25 inches. Very good + condition. This is an original antique NOT a reproduction. Items are shrink wrapped on acid free backing and mailed flat. 30-day return policy for any reason.& Plate B-26-Title: Indes IIe. Feuille". Southern India. Covers both the Malabar and Coromandel coasts as well as the Maldives, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Andaman Islands, and parts of Sumatra and Southeast Asia. Rhumb lines throughout. Arrows in the Indian Ocean show the direction of prevailing winds during the dry season and the monsoon season. This important Indian Ocean wind system, which blew one way for half the year, and the opposite for the other half, created a critical trade artery from antiquity to pre-modern times. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1770. Incredible detail with hand coloring. Large hand colored title and cartouche. Entire sheet measures approx. 18x23 inches, image measures approx. 16.5x12.25 inches. Very good + condition. Published in "Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes Sur Toutes les Partie du Globe Terrestre par Plusieurs Auteurs", 1771.

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