India - Nepal - Bhutan - Tibet
Early edition of an essential collection of travels
Regnum Congo hoc est. Vera Descriptio Regni Africani.../ II Pars Indiae Orientalis, in qua Iohan Hugonis Lintscotani Navigatio in Orientem.../ Tertia Pars Indiae Orientalis.../ Pars Quarta Indiae Orientalis...
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This is a handsome 1601 collection of the first four books of the brothers Johann Theodor and Johann Israel de Bry's Indiae Orientalis, in their first Latin editions. These comprise the first four books of what would later be termed De Bry's Petits Voyages. Published serially from 1598 to 1628, this work offered European readers up-to-date reports of discoveries in Africa and the East, supported by a wealth of images and maps. These first editions contained what was probably the most complete picture available of the latest discoveries from Africa to the Spice Islands. In the case of Cornelis de Houten's voyage to the Spice Islands, De Bry's copies of the Cornelis Claesz maps suppressed from the initial Dutch report were the first glimpses of the momentous journey available to readers. When these editions were printed and sold, the discoveries within their pages were still current and would have been received eagerly. Indeed, collectors for centuries sought out the volumes of De Bry's Voyages in an effort to assemble a complete or 'perfect' De Bry, with no less a book fiend than Thomas Jefferson among them. (more details)
First Buddhist map of the world.
南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖 / Nansen bushū bankoku shōka no zu / [Map of the Countries in Jambudvipa].
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This is the seminal 1710 (Hoei 7) woodblock Buddhist world map composed by the monk Rokashi Hotan. It is the first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist cosmographical perspective. Inspired by the 1653 publication of Si-yu-ki (or Xiyuji 西域記), a pilgrimage narrative of the Chinese monk Hsuang-Tsang's (or Xuanzang 玄奘, 602 - 604 CE) travels to India in search of sacred Sanskrit writings, it attempts to reconcile Buddhist and Western cartography. (more details)
The first English Printed Nautical Chart to the Indies.
Carta prima Generale dell' Asia.
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This is a superb, first-state example of Robert Dudley's 1646 general nautical map of South Asia, from the Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines, including the coastlines of India, the Malay Peninsula, Cochinchina, and southern China. Countless islands of the Indian Ocean are charted, as are the western parts of the East Indies. It is the first printed chart of the route to the Spice Islands produced by an Englishman; it is the first to utilize the Mercator Projection, and the first to show prevailing winds, currents, and magnetic variation. The chart's portolan-like lines suggest its origin in the manuscript charts that informed it. Aesthetically, they distinguish this chart as one of the most elegant works dedicated to the region. It is a rarity on the market and a prize map for collectors. (more details)
One of the Earliest Printed Maps of India.
Decima Asie Tabula.
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This is Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 edition of the Ptolemaic map of India, one of the earliest acquirable maps of the area and an essential step in the subcontinent's cartographic evolution. Waldseemüller and Ringmann issued it for their 1513 Geographie Opus Novissima, the most comprehensively edited and amended edition of Claudius Ptolemy's 2nd-century geography. Moreover, this map was the largest format edition of Ptolemy's map to have been produced to date. (more details)
First and largest chart of Karachi as an EIC Port.
Karachi Harbour, surveyed by Lieut. A. M. Grieve, I.N. Assisted by Lieuts. Constable and Barker.
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A seminal 1854 large-scale Indian Navy Albany M. Grieve nautical map of Karachi Harbor, in the Sindh region of what is today Pakistan. This is the second and certainly the largest map of Karachi, and the first as an East India Company port. It was issued in the same year that marked Karachi Harbor's opening to EIC traders and the completion of the connecting Napier Mole causeway - illustrated here. (more details)
First survey of Nepal conducted by an all-Indian team.
Nepāl.
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A striking 1934 Survey of India wall map of Nepal. This is the 'first edition' of the first trigonometrical survey of Nepal, completed by the all-Indian Nepal Detachment of the Survey of India at a time when Nepal was still closed to foreigners under the Rana Dynasty's isolation policy. It is a mapmaking triumph considered the world's first serious look at the interior cartography of Nepal. The map was issued in the wake of the 1934 Great Bihar-Nepal Earthquake, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake considered one of the most destructive in history. (more details)
'Confidential' detailed map of Nepal caught between empires.
Nepal, with part of Tibet: N[orthern] T[rans] F[rontier] Sheets No. 15. 16. 22. 23.
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This is a rare 1892 large-format dissected folding map of Nepal and nearby territories produced by the Survey of India. It is the first edition of the most complete and accurate 19th-century survey of Nepal, far exceeding earlier maps in detail and comprehensiveness. Produced during a period of inter-imperial competition in the Himalayas, this map is a product of equal parts espionage and exploration. (more details)
Mansucript record of a multinational Survey the Himalayas on the Eve of the Great War.
Карта южной пограничной полосы азиатской россіи XIX. ТАШКЕНТЪ ; XX. КАШГАРЪ ; КАБУЛЪ (XXVII) ПЕШАВАРЪ ; XXVIII ЛЕ, СИМЛА, ДЕЛИ/ [Map of the Southern Border Zone of Asiatic Russia XIX. Tashkent ; XX. Kashgar ; Kabul (XVII) Peshawar ; XXVIII Leh, Shimla, Delhi].
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This unique set of four Russian military topographic maps of Central and Inner Asia (each measuring 22.25 x 26.25 in.) bears English-language manuscript notes recording Filippo De Filippi's scientific expedition of 1913 - 1914. The expedition greatly improved scientific mapping of the Karakoram Pass, an ancient caravan route through the Himalayas connecting India and China (more specifically, Leh and Tibet), and attempted to trace the Yarkand River's origins. Though billed as an Italian expedition, it was in fact a multinational team that drew on the expertise of earlier Russian and British explorers, Filippi's own previous surveys in the region, and local Survey of India workers deeply familiar with the region's landscape, languages, and climate. This scientific cosmopolitanism is especially notable given the recent 'Great Game' tensions between Britain and Russia, ameliorated by the early 20th century, and when set against the backdrop of World War I (1914 - 1918), which broke out while the expedition was in the field. The map's annotations, most likely made by Major Henry Wood of the Survey of India, connect Srinagar, Skardu, Leh, the eastern Karakoram, and Kashgar, identifying successive bases for exploration, illustrating the expedition unfolding in situ. (more details)
First lithograph map printed in India.
A New and Improved Map of Hindoostan, Shewing the Military Divisions, Principal Routes and Civil and Military Stations...
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This is an 1824 Samuel Smith and Company map of India and Burma, compiled and engraved in Calcutta during the first years of lithographic printing in India. It is the earliest known lithographed map printed in India, following the introduction of lithographic presses in 1822. Published for the firm's annual Bengal Directory, the map translated the directory's world of appointments, establishments, and official business into visible form. Its extensive coverage of Burma is also significant, as the map's publication coincided with the opening of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 - 1826). (more details)
Superb Original Color.
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Maldives.../ Partie Occidentale d'une D'Asie ou sont les Isles De Zocotora De l'Amirante...
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This is a premium full-original-color example of Pierre Mortier's 1700 nautical chart and map of the Indian Ocean and the adjacent parts of eastern Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, and the Malay Peninsula. Countless islands are mapped, including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sumatra. (more details)
The Route to the East Indies.
Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont Les Isles D'Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Maldives.../ Partie Occidentale d'une D'Asie ou sont les Isles De Zocotora De l'Amirante...
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This is a superb, original-color example of Pierre Mortier's 1700 chart and map of the Indian Ocean. This grand, two-sheet engraving also maps the surrounding lands of eastern Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, and the Malay Peninsula. Countless islands are mapped, including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sumatra. As indicated by the presence of two separate cartouches, the two sheets could also be had as separate works; however, in Mortier's mammoth Neptune François they were frequently bound joined, as here. (more details)
Challenging British Hegemony in the Indian Ocean.
Carte des côtes d'Arabie, et de Perse, comprenant depuis l'Ile Socotra jusqu'à Bombay.
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This is a rare, large-format 1840 nautical chart of the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf prepared by the French Dépôt Général de la Marine. At the time it was produced, France was trying to match Britian's growing dominance of the Indian Ocean, presenting itself to indigenous rulers as an alternative trading partner. (more details)
Fortifying the Frontier.
District Peshawar.
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A scarce folding map of Peshawar and environs, originally published in 1884 by the Survey of India and here updated to 1906. It presents the region as it was solidified as the frontline of the British Raj and a buffer zone between India and Afghanistan. (more details)
Khyber Pass during the Mohmand Campaign of 1935.
Peshāwar Guide Map.
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An intriguing and evocative piece, this is a 1935 first-edition Survey of India map of Peshawar, Pakistan. This is likely the earliest scientific survey of Peshawar, following the 1927 Survey of India map of Peshawar City, which did not include the Cantonment. The map was issued during the Second Mohmand Campaign, a major British offensive out of Peshawar against the Pashtun Mohmand hill tribes of the Khyber Pass. (more details)
The Foothills of the Himalayas.
Naini Tāl Guide Map.
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An impressive 1938 topographical city plan or map of Nainital in the United Provinces of India (now Uttarakhand) produced by the Survey of India. It presents the steep topography of the area at the foothills of the Himalayas as well as structures throughout the city. (more details)
Guarding the Frontier.
N.W. Frontier Province. Punjab. Kohat and Peshawar Districts, Khyber Agency and Tribal Territories. Attock and Mianwali Districts.
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A highly-detailed 1942 zincographed Survey of India map of parts of modern Pakistan, including what was then the North-West Frontier Province of British India and Punjab. It was made during the World War II (1939 - 1945) and reflects both the wartime situation, including both the war against Japan and the British attempt to retain control of India. (more details)
Colonial warfare in one of the British Empire's frontiers.
Operations in Waziristan 1919 - 1920. Confidential. Serial No. 224.
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This is the official 1921 confidential report on the British-Indian military campaign to Waziristan (1919 - 1920), compiled and published by the General Staff Army Headquarters in India, with maps produced by the Survey of India. The volume offers a comprehensive and rare account of the campaign and is essential for understanding British military strategy on the tumultuous Afghan frontier. (more details)
First modern map of Mount Everest.
This is the first and most important modern map of Mount Everest. This extraordinary map was published in 1957 by the Deutscher Alpenverein (German Alpine Club) and Österreichischer Alpenverein (Austrian Alpine Club) based upon photogrammetric survey work conducted by Erwin Schneider during the 1955 Norman G. Dyrhenfurth Himalaya Expedition. (more details)
Second Anglo-Mysore War.
Indie Imo. Foglio. / Indie IIo. Foglio.
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This is a 1784 Antonio Zatta 2 sheet map of India. Published as the British East India Company was fighting to bring all of India within its sphere. At it went to the presses, the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore were at a war, partially ignited by the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783), known as the Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780 - 1784). (more details)
Pacifying the Northwest?
Kohat and surrounding country.
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A wartime production, this Survey of India map of Kohat and environs, now in northwestern Pakistan, was published in 1944. The noticeable presence of British military forces in and around Kohat is testament not only to fighting during World War II (1939 - 1945), but also to a long history of regional unrest. (more details)
Colonial Competition in the East Indies.
Carte Hydro-Geo-Graphique des Indes Orientales en deca et au dela du Gange avec leur Archipel Dressee et assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques.
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This is Rigobert Bonne's 1771 map of South and Southeast Asia (the East Indies) that appeared in Jean Lattre's 1778 edition of the Atlas Moderne - here in a full color joined example. It depicts the region during a period of competition between colonial empires in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763). (more details)
Afridi revolt in the Kyber.
Stanford's Sketch Map of The North-Western Frontier of India.
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A remarkable 1887 map of northwestern Pakistan and northeastern Afghanistan produced at the height of the Great Game to satisfy British interest in the Tirah Campaign. Centered on Peshawar, the map covers modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber Pass), from Fayzabad (Faizabad), Afghanistan, to Jhelum, Pakistan, and parts of Punjab. (more details)
Largest Atoll Structure in the World.
Carte des Iles Chagos. No. 945.
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This is a scarce, large-format 1841 French Dépôt-général de la marine nautical chart of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It was produced at a time when Britain and France were vying for influence in the Indian Ocean, part of a wider, cautious global imperial competition in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars. (more details)
A remarkably detailed survey map of India's Himalayan foothills.
United Provinces. No. 53 O Naini Tal. Almora, Garhwal, Moradabad and Naini Tal Districts and Rampur State.
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An impressive 1943 zincographic Survey of India map of Nainital (here as Naini Tal) and environs in the United Provinces (now Uttarakhand). This picturesque region lies in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, near Nepal's western border with India. (more details)
Topography at the top of the world.
Nepal and United Provinces, No. 62. C Silgarhi Doti; Baitadi, Dandeldhura, Kanchanpur and Silgarhi Doti Districts. Almora and Naini Tal Districts.
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An absorbing 1932 Survey of India map of western Nepal. It highlights the remarkable terrain of the region, which sits on the border with Uttarakhand. (more details)
Chinese perspective on events that heralded the Sino-Soviet Split.
An extensive 1962 set of historical maps of the Sino-Indian border, published in the Peking Review, an English-language periodical tied to the Chinese Communist Part. They represent a rarely-seen Chinese perspective on a little-known but significant episode in the Cold War. The focus is the Sino-Indian War, a border conflict fought at extreme elevations. The war soured relations between Russia and China, the world's largest nations and heralded the Sino-Soviet Split. (more details)
A large possibly one of a kind linen backed map of two districts in Kashmir, India.
Kashmir and Jammu. Anantnag and Baramula Districts.
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This is a large 1929 Survey of India topographic map of Anantnag and Baramula Districts in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dissected and mounted on its original linen from what appears to be a least two separately issued sheets, the map depicts the region from Kanzdor to the Lokut Gumbur Nar and from Bajrathar to Shar and Purmandal. Mountain passes are identified, as are 'temporary huts' and other landmarks. Forests are shaded green and are labeled. Roads of varying grades are also marked, along with foot paths and mineral lines. Glaciers are shaded a blueish-white and have blue dashed lines crossing their expanse. Several keys along the bottom border explain the different notations used. (more details)
Speculation on the Transhimalaya.
Das Himálaja Gebirg in Bissahir, Gherwal und Kemaun, von Südrande des Plateaus von Mittel-Tibet biz zum Tieflande von Hindostan.
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This is Carl Ritter and Julius Ludwig Grimm's 1833 map of parts of the Himalayas, the Tibetan Plateau, Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Dera Dun. This map was compiled at a time when Europeans knew little of this region, and so, this map is a dense amalgam of explorers' accounts and speculation expounded through the lens of Ritter's German Romantic theories of the Earth as a 'cosmic individual'. The work is novel as Ritter correctly deduced that the Transhimalaya is the eastern continuation of the Karkorum system. (more details)
Hopes for India on the Eve of Partition.
India / India's Economic Future.
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A beautiful c. 1947 Alf Cooke pictorial map of India, produced on the eve of independence and partition. It highlights the goods produced by the Raj and posits a bright future for the subcontinent. (more details)
Last Stage of the 'Great Game'.
Politisch-militärische Karte von Afghanistan, Persien und Vorder-Indien : zur Veranschaulichung des Vordringens der Russen und Engländer.
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An intriguing c. 1900 by Paul Langhans map of Central and South Asia, focusing on Afghanistan. It coincided with the last stage of the 'Great Game' competition between Russia and Great Britain, whose military forces throughout the region are meticulously cataloged. (more details)
Key Port in the Indian Ocean.
Plan du Port Louis de l'Isle de France, Levé en 1771 et Revu en 1775, de basse Mer, par M. de Boisquenay Capitaine de Brulot.
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This is a 1775 harbor chart of Port Louis, a critical port in northwest Mauritius for the Indian Ocean trade. At the time Mauritius was a French possession known as l'Isle de France. (more details)
Iconic wall sized map of India chronicling the British military campaign in the subcontinent against Tipu Sultan of Mysore.
A Map of the Peninsula of India from the 19th Degree North Latitude to Cape Comorin.
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This is James Rennell's magnificent mapping of the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest and most impressive maps of India to appear in the 18th century. Highly desirable third edition. Presented in two panels, as issued. This chart depicts the subcontinent ... (more details)