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| Keywords: 1733 Homann Heirs Map of India - Geographicus - India-homannheirs-1733.jpg A rare map of India and Ceylon issued in 1733 by the Homann Heirs Covers the subcontinent roughly from Bombay south to Cape Comorin and includes all of Ceylon Sri Lanka Homan offers good detail along the coast naming numerous ports and where appropriate appending either an English French Danish Dutch or Portuguese flag to indicate the European power laying claim to that port The interior is more vague though many of the major caravan routes are noted if only speculatively There are numerous annotations in Latin throughout Homann also identifies various battle sites associated with the southward progress of the Mughal Empire in 1707 When Homann drew this map only Madras Malabar Ceylon and the European ports remained independent of Mughal control A large title cartouche depicting Indian traders and an elephant appears in the lower left quadrant 1733 dated Size in 19 22 object history credit line accession number India-homannheirs-1733 Seutter Matthaeus <i>Atlantis Geographicus Maior</i> Grosser Atlas Pts 1 and 2 Nuremberg Homann Erben 1734-1781 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Maps by Homannsche Erben Old maps of South India 1733 maps of India Maps in Latin Old maps of Sri Lanka Maps of India and Sri Lanka Latin language maps of Sri Lanka | ||||
