The Great Mongol Empire - Map, -...
The Great Mongol Empire - Map, - color copperplate engraving by Fryderyk de Vit, Amsterdam, ca. 1721
Publisher: Covens & Mortier.
Handmade paper, crease marks and minor soiling, in good condition.
Map size: 41 x 51 [cm]
Sheet size: 53 x 57 [cm]
The map depicts the Mughal Empire (the area of present-day Northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan) at the height of its power. The author of this work is one of the most outstanding cartographers of the Dutch “Golden Age”—Frederik de Wit (1629–1706).
Title Cartouche: In the upper left corner is an impressive Baroque cartouche supported by a pair of cherubs. Inside is the empire’s coat of arms—a lion against the backdrop of a rising sun.
In the lower right corner, on the waters of the Bay of Bengal, a three-masted merchant galleon is depicted, symbolizing European naval dominance and trade with the East India Companies.
Further inland, the artist depicted animals characteristic of the region— an Indian elephant in the Ganges River basin and a camel on the northwestern caravan routes near Kabul.
The Great Mongol Empire - Map, - color copperplate engraving by Fryderyk de Vit, Amsterdam, ca. 1721
Publisher: Covens & Mortier.
Handmade paper, crease marks and minor soiling, in good condition.
Map size: 41 x 51 [cm]
Sheet size: 53 x 57 [cm]
The map depicts the Mughal Empire (the area of present-day Northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan) at the height of its power. The author of this work is one of the most outstanding cartographers of the Dutch “Golden Age”—Frederik de Wit (1629–1706).
Title Cartouche: In the upper left corner is an impressive Baroque cartouche supported by a pair of cherubs. Inside is the empire’s coat of arms—a lion against the backdrop of a rising sun.
In the lower right corner, on the waters of the Bay of Bengal, a three-masted merchant galleon is depicted, symbolizing European naval dominance and trade with the East India Companies.
Further inland, the artist depicted animals characteristic of the region— an Indian elephant in the Ganges River basin and a camel on the northwestern caravan routes near Kabul.
