A plan of Puducherry at the beginning of the 18th century

FER, Nicolas de.

Plan de Pondichery a la côte de Coromandel Occupé par la Companie Royale des Indes Indes Orientales.
Paris, 1705. 245 x 360mm.

An early plan of the main French colony in India, founded when the French East India Company set up a trading centre there in 1674. Although it was captured several times by Dutch and the British, Pondicherry (or Puducherry) remained in French hands until 1954.


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