Posted on: 27 October 2011

Digital Rare Book :
Madura
Madras District Gazetters
By W. Francis
Printed by The Superintendent, Government Press, Madras - 1906


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Image details : Landt caert vande Cust van Malabaer, Madura en Cormendel By: Johann Nieuhoff Subject: India Date: 1682 Handsome and uncommon map of the southern tip of India and a part of Sri Lanka. There are many placenames noted including Calcutta (Calichut), Goa, and Cananor. The interior is filled with exotic animals, including elephants and ostriches. A pair of compass roses adorn the sea, and it is teeming with ships of many kinds. The decorative cartouches for the title and scale of miles are surrounded with local people and goods. Source : http://www.oldworldauctions.com/

Pradeep Kumar: Please scroll down this FB page to locate the posts on Bodhidharma. They were posted a few weeks ago.

what wonderful old art.