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MUGHAL
MAPS
from c.1500
to c.1750 |
SELECTIONS FROM THE *SCHWARTZBERG
HISTORICAL
ATLAS* (DSAL, highly ZOOMABLE)
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=*Babur,
Humayun, and Sher Shah, c.1526-1555**
=*the
Mughal Empire, c.1605**
=*Jahangir,
Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, c.1605-1707**
=*religious
and cultural sites during the Mughal period**
=*Mughal
disintegration and the rise of regional powers, c.1707-1766**
=*a
synopsis: major powers of South Asia, c.1300's-1700's**
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MET TIMELINE
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=*Metropolitan
Museum timeline** displays, with images
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WORLD MAPS
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=*Library
of Congress world maps** starting in this period |
maps from c.1500 onward
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=*the eastern hemisphere, in maps by
Thomas Lessman** |
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MAPS, c.1500-1700
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=*maps
of the period**, in a research site by Henry Davis |
HISTORICAL
SEQUENCE
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=*A
historical sequence**
of
smallish but handy maps; click "Maps and Chronology," then scroll down
in the left-hand window |
| AKBAR'S INDIA |
=*"Hindoostan,
divided into Soubahs according to the Ayin Acbaree"*, by R.
Wilkinson
(1815)
=*the
Mughal Empire, c.1605** |
MUGHAL EMPIRE,
4 OVERVIEWS
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Maps of the rise and fall of
the Mughal
Empire by:
=*Joppen, 1907*
=*Roolvink,
1957*
=*Majumdar,
n.d.*
and especially the DSAL zoomable Schwartzberg atlas:
=*the Mughals: an overview*
=*Babur,
Humayun, and Sher Shah, c.1526-1555**
=*the
Mughal Empire, c.1605**
=*Jahangir,
Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, c.1605-1707**
=*Mughal
disintegration and the rise of regional powers, c.1707-1766**
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PIONEERS, EARLY 1500's
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=*the
world according to Apianus, 1524 (1564)*;
=*Benedetto
Bordone's oval world, 1528* |
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PTOLEMAIC MAPS FLOURISH
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=*some
Ptolemaic examples from the mid-1500's onward*
=*Walker
Collection**, Univ. of Melbourne |
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THE FIRST WORLD
ATLAS, 1570
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=*"Theatrum
Terrarum," 1570** by *Abraham
Ortelius**, LC: *Asia**,
*India**,
and much more |
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WORLD CITIES, 1572
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=views of *Calicut**;
*Canonore**;
*Diu**;
*Goa**;
and other world cities, from the *"Civitates
Orbis Terrarum," 1572** |
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RUSCELLI'S WORLD, 1574
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=*a mixture of
Ptolemaic maps and his own 'Nuova Tavola' maps, 1574*,
by
Girolamo Ruscelli |
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MORE ORTELIUS MAPS
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=*Cambaia,
1583*, and other Ortelius atlas maps |
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LATE 1500's
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=*Asia in the form
of Pegasus, Heinrich Bunting, 1590* (yes, the horse)
=*Asia
and beyond, Giovanni Botero, 1591-98*
=*Asia
and beyond, Giovanni Magini, 1597* |
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PTOLEMAIC OVERVIEW,
1598
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=*a
complete set of Ptolemaic maps, 1598* by Girolamo Porro, and an
overview
map; it helps to see how they fit together |
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MISCELLANY, 1600s
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=*India,
Asia, and various other maps from the 1600s* |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1600
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=*South
Asia and beyond, 1600*, small atlas maps by Petrus Bertius |
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'MERCATOR' ATLAS
MAPS, 1609,
1634
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=*South
Asia and beyond, 1609*, in atlas maps by Mercator (and Hondius, et
al.); and the updated *version
from 1634* |
| ASIA, 1630 |
=*Asia,
1630*, from a Portuguese atlas |
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MUGHAL EMPIRE, 1638
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=*the
Mughal Empire, 1638*, by Willem Blaeu |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1652-
|
=*South
Asia and beyond, 1652 on*, atlas maps by Nicholas Sanson |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1661-
|
=*South
Asia and beyond, 1661 on* by Philip Cluver |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1663
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=*South
Asia and beyond, 1663*, by Pierre Duval |
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SOUTH INDIA, 1682
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=*South
India, 1682*, by Johan Nieuhoff |
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MALLET,
1683-1719
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=*Mallet's
maps and views, 1683-1719, of everything* |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1688
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=*South
Asia and beyond, 1688*, by Robert Morden |
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MISCELLANY, earlier 1700s
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=*India,
Asia, and various other maps from the earlier 1700s* |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1721
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=*South
Asia and beyond, 1721*, by Nicholas de Fer |
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DE L'ISLE'S DECCAN
AND SOUTH,
1723
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=*maps
by Guillaume de l'Isle*, especially
=*the
Deccan and the South, 1723* |
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MOLL'S MADRAS, 1726
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=*many atlas maps
by Herman Moll*, especially
=*India,
1715*, and above all
=*Madras,
1726* |
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SALMON MAPS, 1729 on
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=*India,
Asia, maps and views, 1729-52* by Thomas Salmon |
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SOUTH INDIA, 1733
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=*atlas
maps by J. B. Homann*, and *South
India, 1733* |
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ATLAS MAPS, 1740
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=*India,
Ceylon, Asia, etc., 1740*, atlas maps by Isaac Tirion |
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DE VAUGONDY, 1748 on
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=*atlas
maps, 1748 on*, by de Vaugondy; and *Asia,
1762* |
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ASIA, 1762
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=*Asia,
with political borders*, a large and useful overview map by Jean
Janvier,
Paris |
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BELLIN
MAPS
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A group of
mid-century
maps by the influential French cartographer *Jacques-Nicolas
Bellin* (1703-1772): |
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NORTH INDIA, 1752
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*North
India, 1752* |
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SOUTH INDIA, 1752
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*South
India, 1752* |
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WEST / MALABAR
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*Persian
Gulf, Gujarat, Malabar Coast, 1740s* |
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DIU, 1746
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*"Ville
de Diu," 1746* |
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BOMBAY, 1750
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*"A
Plan of Bombay," 1750* |
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GOA, 1750
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*"Plan
of Goa," c.1750* |
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COCHIN, c.1750
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*"Ville
de Cochin," c.1750* |
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EAST / COROMANDEL
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*Bay
of Bengal; Coromandel Coast and its colonial wars, c.1746-56* |
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BENGAL, 1747
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*Bengal
and its small kingdoms, 1747* |
HUGHLY, 1752
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*Plan of the
Dutch factory at Hughly, 1752*
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MADRAS, 1746
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*"Madras
and Fort St. George: the French victory of 1746"* |
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PONDICHERRY, 1741
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*"Plan
of Pondicherry in 1741"* |
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TRANQUEBAR, 1753
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*"Carte
du district de Tranquebar," 1753* |
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CEYLON, 1750
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*"Carte
de l'isle de Ceylan," 1750* |
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JAFFNAPATAM, 1761
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*"Jaffenapatam,"
1761* |
POINT DE GALLE, 1752
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*Plan
of Point de Galle, 1752*
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WORLD, mid-1700's
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*Maps
and views by Bellin, from Prévost, mid-1700's* |
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SEA MAPS, c.1747
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*Maps
of the winds and seas, c.1747* |