Asia, South & Central

An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India; and the progress of trade with that country prior to the disco...

This map of British India was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis’ Illustrated Atlas, and includes vignettes engraved by George Greatbach after...

This map of Calcutta includes inset views of the Writers’ Buildings, Government House and Esplanade Row.  Calcutta expanded rapidly under the Gover...

This map of Malaya has an inset regional map locating Malaya  in the context of ‘adjacent terrritories’. A previous owner of this, map Lieutenant D...

This miniature map of Gujarat and northern India was published in one of the earlier editions of Bertius’ Tabularum Geographicarum Contractum issue...

Map of India and Birmah  This map of India and Burma features an inset location map with British possessions coloured red, next to a distance table...

Map of India, constructed with great care and research from all the Latest Authorities and intended more particularly to facilitate a reference to ...

Les Indes Orientales This is Santini’s edition of Robert de Vaugondy’s map of the Indian subcontinent and mainland southeast Asia. Venetian map-mak...

Burma – Gulf of Mataban – Rangoon River and Approaches This chart covers the mouth of the river between Rangoon (Yangon) and the sea. It shows vill...

[Map of] Afghanistan, political, phisical [sic], roads and distances, important historical sites According to the online resource Encyclopaedia Ira...

This map of the Mughal Empire is dedicated by the Blaeu brothers to Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1599–1661), a prosperous dealer in pelts and a...

This map of Persia, Afghanistan and Balochistan is part of the Authentic Imperial Maps series published by the London Geographical Institute. Condi...

Sinus Gangeticus; vulgo Golfo de Bengale nova descriptio This is a map of the Bay of Bengal with north oriented to the right. Petrus Schenk and Ger...

This map covers the southern part of the subcontinent (Mumbai is near the upper border), and includes the northern part of Sri Lanka. Pink denotes ...

Bradshaw’s Railway Manual, Shareholder’s Guide and Official Directory for 1868. Containing the History and Financial Position of Every Company, Bri...

Carte Reduite du Golfe de Bangale D’Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a practical seaman as well as a mapmaker; his sea atlas was published in...

Sheet III – West Coast of India – from Arnol I. to Kundari I This chart shows the approaches to Bombay harbour, modern Mumbai, with significant det...

This map of Sri Lanka was published in the first trade edition of Stanford’s ‘London Atlas’. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith's stock i...

Port Louis is the capital and principal port of Mauritius, which remained a British colony until 1968. Condition & Materials Engraved British c...

Carte du Grand Thibet. Pour Servir à l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. Tirée des Auteurs Anglois… Bellin notes that his map of Tibet was compiled fr...

Phillimore, Colonel Reginald Henry: Historical Records of the Survey of India. Volumes 1 to 4... alas not including the suppressed fifth volume Col...

This map of Burma was published in the second trade edition of Stanford’s London Atlas. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith's stock in 187...