Original Antique Map of Southern India and Ceylon 'Present-Day Sri Lanka'

Original antique map titled 'Tab XII Asiae Taprobanam (..)'. For this map of Toprobana (Sri Lanka), Ptolemy drew on the accounts of travelers and sailors and though the information was secondhand and often inaccurate, it represented the most advanced account of the world's geography at that time. This map depicts the island with the typical misconceptions of the period with the enlarged island straddling the Equator and nearly divided by a ridge of mountains. A small part of India is incorrectly shown in the northeast corner of the map and a spurious coastline labeled Gangem fills the upper right corner. The stipple engraved sea contains an oriental ship...

Antique map titled 'India (Southern Sheet)'. Old map of Southern India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). With an inset map of the South-Eastern Provinces of India. This map originates from...

Antique map titled 'Presqu'Isle de l'Inde deca le Gange (..)'. Old map showing the southern part of India, including the northern part of Sri Lanka. With inset map of Southern India (Malabar). This map covers the subcontinent from the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Cambay to Ceylon. The Mogul Empire can be found in the north. Further south...

Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van Choromandel ende Malabar'. Antique map depicting the southern part of India and the northern tip of Ceylon, Sri Lanka. This map originates from...

Antique map titled 'A Map of India on the west Side of the Ganges, comprehending the coasts of Malabar, Coromandel and the Island Ceylon'. Map of Southern India and most of Ceylo...

Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Indoustan (..) - Kaart van Hindoestan (..)'. Original antique map of northern India. This map originates from 'His...

Great map of India Copper-plate engraving Published C.1780 Three small worm holes to right side of map and one bottom left corner Unframed.

Great map of Italy Copper-plate engraving Published C.1780 Unframed.

Great map of Asia Copper-plate engraving Published C.1780 Two small worm holes to right side of map Unframed.

Super map of Spain and Portugal Copper plate engraving by A. Bell Published, circa 1790. Unframed.  

Great map of Tipperary and Waterford Steel engraving Drawn under the direction of A.Adlard Published by How and Parsons, C.1840 Unframed.

Great map of Hungary Drawn under the direction of Arrowsmith. Copper-plate engraving. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820 Unframed.