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Pieter Mortier
(1661 - 1711)

Carte Particuliere d‘une Partie d‘Asie ou sont Les Isles D‘Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Maldives.../ Partie Occidentale d‘une D‘Asie ou sont les Isles De Zocotora De l‘Amirante...



This is a superb, original-color example of Pierre Mortier's 1700 chart and map of the Indian Ocean. This grand, two-sheet engraving also maps the surrounding lands of eastern Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, and the Malay Peninsula. Countless islands include the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Sumatra. As indicated by the presence of two separate cartouches, the two sheets could also be had as separate works: however, in Mortier's mammoth Neptune...



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  Lot 16 of 93  

PASSAGES TO INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND LETTERS
24-26 JULY 2024

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$1,880

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Pieter Mortier
Carte Particuliere d‘une Partie d‘Asie ou sont Les Isles D‘Andemaon, Ceylan, Les Maldives.../ Partie Occidentale d‘une D‘Asie ou sont les Isles De Zocotora De l‘Amirante...

Circa 1700
Copper engraving on paper
Map Size: 24.8 x 35.8 in (63 x 91 cm)
With Mount: 31.1 x 42.1 in (79 x 107 cm)

Category: Print Making
Style: Figurative


 









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