Indian maps south/north/Bombay/malabar etc 1500 to 1750

 

	MUGHAL MAPS from c.1500 to c.1750
SELECTIONS FROM THE *SCHWARTZBERG HISTORICAL ATLAS* (DSAL, highly ZOOMABLE)	=*Babur, Humayun, and Sher Shah, c.1526-1555** =*the Mughal Empire, c.1605** =*Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, c.1605-1707** =*religious and cultural sites during the Mughal period** =*Mughal disintegration and the rise of regional powers, c.1707-1766** =*a synopsis: major powers of South Asia, c.1300's-1700's**
MET TIMELINE	=*Metropolitan Museum timeline** displays, with both maps and images (scroll down)
Maps by Thomas Lessman	=*a global set of maps from the period**
EARLIER 1500's	=*Ptolemaic India by Waldseemuller, 1513* =*India, Eurasia, Africa, America, by Lorenz Fries, 1522* =*the world according to Apianus, 1524 (1564)*; =*Benedetto Bordone's oval world, 1528* =*Munster's Ptolemaic Asia, c.1544 onward* =*Gastaldi's new Deccan and south, 1548*
MAPS, c.1500-1700	=*maps of the period**, in a research site by Henry Davis
PTOLEMAIC MAPS FLOURISH	=*some Ptolemaic examples from the late 1400's onward* =*Walker Collection**, Univ. of Melbourne
THE FIRST WORLD ATLAS, 1570	=*"Theatrum Terrarum," 1570** by *Abraham Ortelius**, LC: *Asia**, *India**, and much more
WORLD CITIES, 1572	=views of *Calicut**; *Canonore**; *Diu**; *Goa**; and other world cities, from the *"Civitates Orbis Terrarum," 1572**
RUSCELLI'S WORLD, 1574	=*a mixture of Ptolemaic maps and his own 'Nuova Tavola' maps, 1574*, by Girolamo Ruscelli
MORE ORTELIUS MAPS	=*Cambaia, 1583*, and other Ortelius atlas maps
LATER 1500's	=*Asia in the form of Pegasus, Heinrich Bunting, 1590* (yes, the horse) =*Asia and beyond, Giovanni Botero, 1591-98* =*Asia and beyond, Giovanni Magini, 1597*
PTOLEMAIC OVERVIEW, 1598	=*a complete set of Ptolemaic maps, 1598* by Girolamo Porro, and an overview map, to see how they fit together
AKBAR'S INDIA	=*"Hindoostan, divided into Soubahs according to the Ayin Acbaree"*, by R. Wilkinson (1815) =*the Mughal Empire, c.1605**
MUGHAL EMPIRE, 1619	=*William Baffin's map, 1619*, based on Sir Thomas Roe's account
MUGHAL EMPIRE,   5 OVERVIEWS	Maps of the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire by: =*Joppen, 1907* =*Roolvink, 1957* =*Majumdar, n.d.* =*Times Books, 2007* and especially the DSAL zoomable Schwartzberg atlas: =*the Mughals: an overview* =*Babur, Humayun, and Sher Shah, c.1526-1555** =*the Mughal Empire, c.1605** =*Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, c.1605-1707** =*Mughal disintegration and the rise of regional powers, c.1707-1766**
MISCELLANY, 1600s	=*India, Asia, and various other maps from the 1600s*
BERTIUS ATLAS MAPS, 1600	=*South Asia and beyond, 1600*, atlas maps by Petrus Bertius
'MERCATOR' ATLAS MAPS, early 1600's, 1634	=*South Asia and beyond, early 1600's*, in atlas maps by Mercator and Hondius, et al.; and an updated later *atlas from 1634*
ASIA, 1630	=*Asia, 1630*, from a Portuguese atlas
THE DUTCH IN SURAT, 1629	=*"Logie van Suratte"*, the Dutch factory as it looked 1629, and other views
MUGHAL EMPIRE, 1638	=*the Mughal Empire, 1638*, by Willem Blaeu (based on Roe's journey)
ATLAS MAPS, 1652-	=*South Asia and beyond, 1652 on*, atlas maps by Nicholas Sanson
ATLAS MAPS, 1661-	=*South Asia and beyond, 1661 on* by Philip Cluver
ATLAS MAPS, 1663	=*South Asia and beyond, 1663*, by Pierre Duval
SOUTH INDIA, 1682	=*South India, 1682*, by Johan Nieuhoff
MALLET, 1683-1719	=*Mallet's maps and views, 1683-1719, of everything*
ATLAS MAPS, 1688	=*South Asia and beyond, 1688*, by Robert Morden
MUGHAL EMPIRE, 1700	=*Magni Mogolis Imperium, 1700*, by Pieter Mortier
MISCELLANY, earlier 1700s	=*India, Asia, and various other maps from the earlier 1700s*
VAN DER AA, 1706	=*Maps and routes of travels and explorations*
ATLAS MAPS, 1721	=*South Asia and beyond, 1721*, by Nicholas de Fer
DE L'ISLE'S DECCAN AND SOUTH, 1723	=*maps by Guillaume de l'Isle*, especially =*the Deccan and the South, 1723*
MOLL'S MADRAS, 1726	=*many atlas maps by Herman Moll*, especially =*India, 1715*, and above all =*Madras, 1726*
SALMON MAPS, 1729 on	=*India, Asia, maps and views, 1729-52* by Thomas Salmon
SOUTH INDIA, 1733	=*atlas maps by J. B. Homann*, and *South India, 1733*
ATLAS MAPS, 1740	=*India, Ceylon, Asia, etc., 1740*, atlas maps by Isaac Tirion
S/SE ASIA by BOWEN, 1747	=*South and Southeast Asia, 1747*, by Emanuel Bowen
DE VAUGONDY, 1748 on	=*atlas maps, 1748 on*, by de Vaugondy; and *Asia, 1762*
ASIA, 1762	=*Asia, with political borders*, a large and useful overview map by Jean Janvier, Paris
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BELLIN MAPS	A group of mid-century maps by the influential French cartographer *Jacques-Nicolas Bellin* (1703-1772):
NORTH INDIA, 1752	*North India, 1752*
SOUTH INDIA, 1752	*South India, 1752*
WEST / MALABAR	*Persian Gulf, Gujarat, Malabar Coast, 1740s*
DIU, 1746	*"Ville de Diu," 1746*
SURAT, c.1750	*"View of Surat," c.1750*
BOMBAY, 1750	*"A Plan of Bombay," 1750*
DABUL, 1761	*"View of Dabul," 1761*
RAJAPUR, c.1750	*"The Bay, Town, and Forts of Andarajapour," c.1750*
GOA, 1750	*"Plan of Goa," c.1750*
CANANORE, c.1750	*"Plan of Cananore," c.1750*
MAHÉ, c.1764	*"Plan of Mahe," c.1764*
CRANGANORE, c.1750	*"Plan of Cranganore," c.1750*
COCHIN, c.1750	*"Ville de Cochin," c.1750*
QUILON, c.1747	*Plan de la Forteresse de Coylan, c.1750's*
EAST / COROMANDEL	*Bay of Bengal; Coromandel Coast and its colonial wars, c.1746-56*
BENGAL, 1747	*Bengal and its small kingdoms, 1747*
HUGHLY, 1721	*Plan of the Dutch factory at Hughly as it was in 1721 (1752)*
MASULIPATAM, 1752	*A view of Masulipatam, 1752*
PULICAT, 1752	*Plan of the Dutch fort of Geldria, at Pulicat, 1752*
MADRAS, 1746	*"Madras and Fort St. George: the French victory of 1746"*
PONDICHERRY, 1741	*"Plan of Pondicherry in 1741"*
TRANQUEBAR, 1753	*"Carte du district de Tranquebar," 1753; and a plan of the fort*
CEYLON, 1750	*"Carte de l'isle de Ceylan," 1750*
JAFFNAPATAM, 1761	*"Jaffenapatam," 1761*
TRINCOMALEE, c. 1750	*"Carte de la Baye de Trinquemale," c.1750*
POINT DE GALLE, 1752	*Plan of Point de Galle, 1752*
MALDIVE ISLANDS, c.1750	*Map of the Maldive Islands, c.1750*
WORLD, mid-1700's	*Maps and views by Bellin, from Prévost, mid-1700's*
SEA MAPS, c.1747	*Maps of the winds and seas, c.1747*
ANCIENT ASIA	*Bellin's view of Asia in antiquity, c.1760*

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