Indian Peninsula - Original Hand-Colored Map - Furne, Paris 19th Century
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Indian Peninsula - Original Hand-Colored Map - Furne, Paris 19th Century

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Antique map of the Indian peninsula engraved in copper and hand-colored, from the Punjab and the Himalaya to Ceylon, with the provinces and princely states distinguished in color, the minute place names and two detail insets in the right margin. Below, "Publie par Furne, a Paris".

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Antique map of the Indian peninsula engraved in copper and hand-colored, from the Punjab and the Himalaya to Ceylon, with the provinces and princely states distinguished in color, the minute place names and two detail insets in the right margin. Below, "Publie par Furne, a Paris".

From the Atlas Universel de Geographie ancienne et moderne by A. Tardieu and A. Vuillemin, published in Paris by Furne to accompany Malte-Brun's Geographie Universelle.

Medium: Copper engraving with hand coloring, on wove paper
Cartographers: Ambroise Tardieu and A. Vuillemin
Publisher: Furne, Paris
Date: Second half of the 19th century
Source: Atlas Universel de Geographie ancienne et moderne
Dimensions: Image 16.9 x 13.4 in (43 x 34 cm); sheet 20.1 x 16.1 in (51 x 41 cm)
Condition: Fair. Paper toned with age, with a tear in the right margin, outside the map, and creasing at the edges; central binding fold.

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