EDME MENTELLE
A SET OF TWO MAP (MENTELLE, CHANLAIRE, INDE ANCIENNE, HINDUSTAN, SRI LANKA, MALDIVES, ANCIENT INDIA, CARTE ANCIENNE, ANTIQUARIAN MAP.)
MountedYear: 1806
(I) FIRST MAP DOCUMENTS THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA, BENGAL AND SURROUNDING REGIONS
Map Size: 53.8 x 41.2 cm (21 x 20.3 inches)
(II) SECOND MAP DOCUMENTS THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA, SRI LANKA, AND SURROUNDING REGIONS.
Map Size: 45.9 x 43.4 cm (18 x 17 inches)
Mount Size: 53.8 x 51.8 cm
This composite map is an antique map of India with hand-coloured outlines. This set of two maps is detailed, showing topographical details and town or city names, as well as a reference detailing which areas were British territories, British possessions, states under British protection, and independent states.
This map was originally published to show the state of Indian politics. This map is part of Mentelle’s Atlas Universal.
Edme Mentelle (1730-1816)
Mentelle was a French geographer born in Paris in 1730. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Louis Crevier at the College of Beauvais before becoming professor of geology and history at the Ecole Militaire. He was a founding member of the Institut National des Sciences et des Arts in 179. Some of Mentelle’s published works are Geographie Comparee 1778, Atlas Universel 1779, and Cours Complet de Cosmographie, de Chronologie, de Geographie et d’Histoire 1801.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
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