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Auction 150, Lot 644

"India Proper or the Empire of the Great Mogul. Agreable to Modern History", Moll, Herman

Subject: India

Period: 1739 (circa)

Publication: Salmon's Modern History

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.8 x 10.3 inches
19.8 x 26.2 cm
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This interesting map of India extends from the Maldives and Sri Lanka in the south to Tibet in the north and locates regions, towns, mountains, rivers, and roads. The British interests in this region correspond to the East India Company's growing influence in India. Published in London in Thomas Salmon's Modern History: or the Present State of All Nations.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #347-9; cf. Shirley (BL Atlases) G.SALM-1c #7.

Condition: A

A nice impression issued folding with a binding trim at bottom left.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $130

Closed on 9/17/2014

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