"Magni Mogolis Imperium", Blaeu, (Family)

This map depicts the Empire of the Great Moghul in northern India, including the region from Iran to Burma (Myanmar). The important travel route from Kabul to Surat is the most prominent feature of the map. This was the route traveled by the embassy of the Englishman Sir Thomas Roe to the Moghul emperor Jahangir in 1615, as derived from a map published by William Baffin in London in 1618. This Dutch version of Baffin's map remained the standard Dutch view of the region throughout the seventeenth century. Finely decorated with strapwork title and scale of miles cartouches, a dedication with coat of arms, sailing ships, elephants and camels. Dutch text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #8330:2.

Condition: A

A nice impression with a bit of extraneous creasing adjacent to the centerfold. There is a repaired short centerfold separation confined to the bottom blank margin and some faint dampstains in the right and left margins that have been reinforced on verso with old paper.