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Posted on: 22 August 2015
Digital Rare Book:
Goa, and the blue mountains, or, Six months of sick leave
By Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Published by Richard Bentley, London - 1851
Read Book Online:
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Image:
Map from "An Historical Sketch of Goa ... with an account of the present state of that celebrated city, and of the surrounding territories under its immediate jurisdiction, etc." - 1831
Source: The British Library
A figurative plan of the city of Goa - 1831 Link for an extra large map: http://bit.ly/1NLNJGO
Compare this to the famous first printed map of Goa - Cidade de Goa - of 1561 CE by Jan Huygen Van Linschoten ( https://www.raremaps.com/maps/medium/22170.jpg )