Presqu`Isle des Indes Orientales

Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Presqu'Isle des Indes Orientales, Comprenant l'Indostan ou Empire du Mogol, Differens Royaumes ou Etats, Les Vastes Possessions des Anglais, et les autres Etablissemens EuropEens, avec les Grandes Routes, 1786

Edition: XVIII Century, by Lamarche, Paris
Size with margins: 20 x 27 in (50 x 67.5 cm)

Extremely detailed original hand coloured map of India by Vaugondy. The map encompasses the entire Indian Subcontinent and runs as widely as from Central Asia to Maldives and from Persia to Aracan in the East. Extensive details can be found related to roads, cities, mountains, lakes etc.

With an inset of the Delta of Ganges. The beautiful cartouche on the right depicts an elephant and a village and an inset map of the Ganges.

"Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688 - 1766), also known as Le Sieur or Monsieur Robert, and his son, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (c.1723 - 1786), were leading cartographers in France during the 18th century. In 1757, Gilles and Didier Robert De Vaugondy published The Atlas Universel, one of the most important atlases of the 18th century. To produce the atlas, the Vaugondys integrated older sources with more modern surveyed maps. They verified and corrected the latitude and longitude of many regional maps in the atlas with astronomical observations. The older material was revised with the addition of many new place names. In 1760, Didier Robert de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to Louis XV. Like Ortelius and Mercator, the Vaugondy's credited their sources, which has greatly benefited the study of the history of cartography during that period." (Source: Wikipedia)

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