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ASIA -- INDIA -- "CALECHUT celeberrimum Indiæ emporium/Ormus/Canonor/S. Georgii oppidum". (Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg, 1574). 4 engr. views on 1 plate, in cont. colouring. 340 x 480 mm. V.d. Krogt IV, 750. 2nd. state. -- "L'INDE de ça le Gange, suivant les Nouvelles Observations (…)". Leiden, P. v.d. Aa, (1713). Engr. cold. map. 255 x 393 mm. V.d. Krogt IV, 54:02. -- "ELEPHAS. Abgerichteter Elephant, Elephant dressé". Augsburg, J.E. Ridinger, (between 1754 and 1773). Cold. engr. of a kornak on his elephant. 313 x 206 mm. -- And 1 o. (4).
The top view shows the important 16th Century Indian trading center Calecut, near Madras, which was then an important Portugese trading post, at a time when the Portugese made a fortune from trade with the East. It shows the town rising out of a jungle of palm trees. An elephant with a mahout is watching while boats are constructed on the beach, and Asian and European vessels just offshore are shown in some detail. Beneath the view of Calecut are smaller views of Ormuz at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, Canonor in India, and the Portuguese fortress of El Mina in West Africa.€ 180
result € 200
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