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| Keywords: 1759 La Rouge Map of Eastern India or Coromandel (Madras and Pondicherry) - Geographicus - IndiaEast-lerouge-1759.jpg This is an attractive 1759 map of Eastern India or Coromandel by George-Louis le Rouge Covers the Indian coast from Marawa in the south northward past Pondicherry and Madras as far as Pallikata on the Bay of Bengal Extends inland as far as Mashur Offers wonderful inland detail of both roads and river systems Designed to illustrate the then raging struggle by the various colonial powers to control the rich Indian trade Ports are underlined and color coded to signify the colonial empire that controlled them French possessions including Pondicherry are in green Denmark is dark green England is red Holland is yellow and Portugal gray Prepared for issue as plate 151 in Le Rouge ™s Atlas General 1759 dated Size in 13 25 20 object history credit line accession number IndiaEast-lerouge-1759 <i>Atlas General Contenant le Detail Des Quartre Parties Du Monde principalement Celui de l'Europe</i> Compiled atlas 1742-1762 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 1759 maps of India Old maps of Tamil Nadu French language maps of Asia Maps by Georges Louis Le Rouge | ||||
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