India.- Braun (Georg) and Franz Hogenberg. Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina... , [c. 1572 or slightly later]
India.- Braun (Georg) and Franz Hogenberg. Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina..., four vignettes, including a panoramic view of the Portuguese port of Kozhikode, India showing the city surrounded by mountains and palm trees, with three bird's-eye vignette views underneath including Ormus in the Persian Gulf, Kannur, situated on the coast of Malabar, and St. George (Mina), a gold mine in Guinea, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', engraving on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 340 x 480 mm. (13 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), central vertical fold with some splitting to upper section, some spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [c. 1572 or slightly later]
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India.- Braun (Georg) and Franz Hogenberg. Calechut Celeberrimum Indiae Emporium [on sheet with] Ormus [and] Canonor [and] S. Georgii Oppidum Mina..., four vignettes, including a panoramic view of the Portuguese port of Kozhikode, India showing the city surrounded by mountains and palm trees, with three bird's-eye vignette views underneath including Ormus in the Persian Gulf, Kannur, situated on the coast of Malabar, and St. George (Mina), a gold mine in Guinea, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', engraving on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 340 x 480 mm. (13 1/2 x 18 7/8 in), central vertical fold with some splitting to upper section, some spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [c. 1572 or slightly later]
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