17th century map of the East Indies

SANSON, Nicolas.

Partie Meridionale de l'Inde en deux presqu'isles l'une deca et l'autre delà le Gange.
Paris, Mariette, 1658. Original colour. 440 x 565mm.

Minor wormhole repair in margin.

Engraved by Jan van Somer, the map shows Pakistan through to Indo-China, with the Malay Peninsula and most of Sumatra. Singapore is marked.
This is the first state of this map, which was first issued separately, before being added to Sanson's Atlas 'Les Cartes Générales de toutes parties du Monde', first issued 1658.


Stock ID : 19813