Map of the city of Puducherry, southeast India, late 18th century. Showing the position of the French artillery batteries and defences. Plan de Pondicherry. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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