Original large-format 1752 map of northern India, compiled by the French cartographer and geographer Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d’Anville for the East India Company.

• The image area measures a very generous 45 x 103 cm [17¾" x 40½"], and the title, displayed in an oversized, ornate cartouche is "Carte de l'Inde Dressée pour la Compagnie des Indes, Par le Sr. d'Anville, Sécrétaire de S.A.S.Mgr. le Duc d'Orléans, Novembre 1752."



• The coverage area extends from Gujarat to the Irrawaddy River, between Delhi and Bombay. Relief is shown pictorially, and there are five inset maps: Negrais, Rivière d'Aracan, Riv. de Sirian, Archipel de Merghi, and Environs de Junkselon.



• Among the other named places and features are Agra, Patna, Benares, Calcutta, Minapur, and Kupelé, the straits through which the Ganges emerges into India.



• The map was engraved by Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, and the cartouche was drawn by Hubert François Gravelot.



• Condition:  The map is in excellent condition, bright and clean, with four vertical folds and no marks, rips, or tears. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• This is an original, authentic antique map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine. It is printed on two sheets of heavy laid paper, joined together, with chain lines and printers' watermarks visible when held up to the light.



• Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d’Anville was one of the most important cartographers of the 18th century. During his long career he publshsed numerous atlases, with maps that were the most accurate and comprehensive of the period.



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