Aa, Pieter van der
1713

Antique map of North India or The Empire of the Grand Mogol

t Ryk van den Grooten Mogol met de Grenzen van Cambaya en't Koninkryk Deli, etc.

DESCRIPTION: Attractive antique map by Peter van der Aa of India, the Empire of the Grand Mogol, with the frontiers of Persia and Tartary after the memoires of Nuno de Cunha . Nunho de Cunha, the son of famed Portugese explorer Tristão da Cunha, was the ninth governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1528 to 1538.

Extends across northern India with parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Includes the Indian states of Gujarat ("Guzaratte"), Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana as well as numerous tributaries to the Ganges and Indus rivers. Key cites noted on the map include Dehli ("Deli"), Ahmedabad ("Hamedebat"), Kabul ("Cabul"), Lahore, Attock, Parvan, Campion, Pitan and numerous others. The map is printed into a finely-engraved decorative frame and will make a handsome presentation when framed.

Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) was a Dutch publisher working in Leiden during the early eighteenth century. He is best known for publishing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. Van de AA's use of stock mock-frame borders is a characteristic for which he is well known. This map shows evidence of two plate marks, one for the mock-frame and the second interior platemark for the smaller map which was printed inside the mock-frame. From "Le nouveau theatre du monde. ou La geographie royale, composée de nouvelles cartes tres-exactes", published from Leiden in 1713.

CREATOR: Aa, Pieter van der

PUBLICATION DATE: 1713

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: India

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Very good.  On strong chain-laid, watermarked paper. Attractive hand coloring. Two platemarks. Ample margins. No foxing or stains.

COLORING: Old hand coloring.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 11 " x 8 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 6

PRICE: $250

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