Digital Image: 1900 Raja Ravi Varma Press View of Mecca (مكة المكرمة), Saudi Arabia
MeccaView-varma-1900_d![[Mecca / مكة المكرمة]. - Main View](https://www.geographicus.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/L/MeccaView-varma-1900.jpg)
Title
[Mecca / مكة المكرمة].
1900 (undated) 10.25 x 14.5 in (26.035 x 36.83 cm)
1900 (undated) 10.25 x 14.5 in (26.035 x 36.83 cm)
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
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Credit and Scope of Use
You can use your digial image any way you want! Our digital images are unrestricted by copyright and can be used, modified, and published freely. The textual description that accompanies the original antique map is not included in the sale of digital images and remains protected by copyright. That said, we put significant care and effort into scanning and editing these maps, and we’d appreciate a credit when possible. Should you wish to credit us, please use the following credit line:
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How Large Can I Print?
In general, at 300 DPI, you should at least be able to double the size of the actual image, more so with our 600 DPI images. So, if the original was 10 x 12 inches, you can print at 20 x 24 inches, without quality loss. If your display requirements can accommodate some loss in image quality, you can make it even larger. That being said, no quality of scan will allow you to blow up at 10 x 12 inch map to wall size without significant quality loss. For more information, it is best consult a printer or reprographics specialist.
Refunds
If the high resolution image you ordered is unavailable, we will fully refund your purchase. Otherwise, digital images scans are a service, not a tangible product, and cannot be returned or refunded once the download link is used.
Cartographer
Raja Ravi Varma Koil Thampuran (April 29, 1848 - October 2, 1906) was an Indian painter and lithographer active in Travancore in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in Kilimanoor, Travancore, and was closely related to the Royal family of present-day Kerala. His descendants account for the totality of the present royal family of Travancore, including the latest three Maharajas (Balarama Varma III, Marthanda Varma III and Rama Varma VII). He served as the Royal Court Painter from 1857 - 1872. As a painter, Varma is known as one of the greatest Indian painters, admired for his ability to fuse European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. In 1894, on the urging Raja Sir Tanjore Madhava Rao (1828 - 1891) of Travancore, he founded the Raja Ravi Varma Press in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. It was one of the first Indian owned and operated lithographic presses on the subcontinent. In 1899, to was relocated to Malavli near Lonavala, Maharashtra and began issuing chromolithographs. His work originally consisted of Hindu religious prints, but later he expanded to Islamic and secular prints. Although the largest and most innovative press in India at the time, it was not an economic success. Deeply in debt, the press was sold to the German printer Fritz Schleicher, who turned it around by broadening the work to include commercial advertising work. Raja Ravi Varma Press remained active until 1972, when the factory was destroyed in a devastating fire. More by this mapmaker...