"Suratte, een Volkryke Koopstadt in Oostindie Onder Het Gebiet van Den Grooten Mogol / Suratta Syrastra Ptolomaei, Regni Cognominis, quin imo Totius Indiae Maximum Emporium", Schenk, Pieter
Subject: Surat, India
Period: 1702 (circa)
Publication: Hecatompolis, sive Totius Orbis Terrarum…
This is a rare view of Surat, India from Schenk's important town atlas. Surat was a key port town for the British East India Company. This view depicts the city in the background with numerous sailing ships and one sinking ship.