Overland trade routes through the Deccan
a French map, 1666 Source: ebay, Mar. 2004 "Pierre Du Val was a nephew and pupil of the greatest of all French cartographers, Nicolas Sanson, and went on to become the Royal Geographer. He published many atlases in all sizes including the two volume 'Geographie Universelle', and 'Le Monde Chrestien'. This map comes from a 1666 edition of his atlas 'La Geographie Ancienne'. The map measures 9" by 6", has later outline hand colouring, and is in very good condition."
- Date
- 1666
- Mapmaker / publisher
- French map
- Place
- India
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 696 × 523 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.
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