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Auction 191, Lot 708

"India Proper, or the Empire of the Great Mogul", Moll, Herman

Subject: India & Sri Lanka

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication: Salmon's Modern History

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.4 x 10.2 inches
18.8 x 25.9 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 provides many place names of regions, towns, mountains, rivers, and even a "road beset with trees" is labeled. 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: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.SALM-1c #7.

Condition: A

A fine impression on a sheet with a large "H" watermark. There are a couple of minor spots and remnants of hinge tape along the top edge of the sheet on recto.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $70

Closed on 2/8/2023

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