1751 Les Indes orientales, où sont distingués les Empires et Royaumes...
Les Indes orientales, où sont distingués les Empires et Royaumes qu’elles contiennent, tirées du Neptune Oriental, par le S. Robert, Geographe ordinaire du Roy, 1751
By: Robert de Vaugondy
Date: 1751 (dated) Paris
Dimensions: 19.25 x 22.5 inches (49 x 57 cm)
This mid-18th century map by Robert de Vaugondy extends across all of India and down to the equator and across Tibet, all of mainland Southeast Asia, northern Sumatra, and parts of southern China including Hainan Island. Much detail is given, including interior rivers, hills, and mountains, as well as coastal seaports and numerous small islands.
Among remarkable features of the map are the appearance of the Gobi Desert (“Cobi où Désert de Sable”) and the spelling of Hyderabad as Eiderabat, as well as a large region north of Delhi and Etat du Mogol (the Mughal State) prominently designated Anonkek (speculated in an 1885 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, p. 476, to have been a corruption of a Tibetan name for India, Anongen, derived from the Chinese term for India, “Yntu-Kuok”).
Condition: This map presents well with fine outline color distinguishing boundaries throughout. The impression is dark, paper is relatively clean, and margins are full on all sides. A tear extending about 5 inches from the top (just left of center) has been repaired on the verso using archival materials.
NOTE: Waviness of the image at the bottom is a result of scanning. Map does not present that way.
Inventory #12224
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