Vignola's highly decorative map of India, with a fine title cartouche of an elephant being ridden by a warrior and monkeys, published in the de Rossi atlas, the 'Mercurio Geografico'.
According to the title the map was compiled from the surveys ''of the barefoot Carmelite priests [Jean-Baptiste] Tavernier, [Jean-Albert] Mandelslo and Pietro dea Valle and other modern authors''.
Additional information
Dimensions | 420 × 520 mm |
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Cartographer | |
Date | 1683 |
Extra Info | Penisola Dell India di qua dal Gange et Isole intorno ad essa adiacenti… |
Publication | Rome: G.G. de Rossi, 1683. Coloured. 520 x 420mm. |
Condition | A good example. |
References | – |