"L'Asie divisée en ses principaux Etats". Asia. SANTINI / JANVIER 1784 old map

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Artist/engraver/cartographer: Santini, Paolo and Janvier, Jean. Provenance: "Atlas Universel, dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes", 1784 à Venise par P. Santini, rue Ste Justine, chez M. Remondini. Type: Large antique 18th century atlas map, printed on thick, good quality paper with original outline hand colour/color and decorative title cartouche. A decorative 18th century map of Asia, including the East Indies, the Arabian peninsula, and the Mughal Empire centred on the Indian subcontinent. Reflecting limited European knowledge of the area at the time, the depiction of the island of New Guinea is much enlarged; it has incorrectly been showed joined with "Carpentarie" (The York Peninsula of Queensland) and "Terre du St Esprit" (Vanuatu) as a single land mass.

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Size: 8171px × 5933px
Location: Asia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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