A map for pilots and navigators, from 'Le petit flambeau de la mer', 1650's

Source: ebay, Apr. 2009

A map by Bellin, 1750's, from Prevost's "Histoire generale des Voyages"; *more Bellin maps*



*A map of the Presidency of Bombay as it was in 1775 (from a history of India published in 1898)*


From Bombay north to the Gulf of Cambay, from a map by Louis Brion de la Tour, from 'Histoire Universelle depuis le Commencement du Monde', c.1780


From a Surat-to-Bombay map by Benard, from Pierre de Pagès' 'Voyages Autour Du Monde', Paris, 1782; *an overview of the Bombay region*


Bombay in its setting, from a map by SDUK, 1844


From "The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography" by Alexander Keith Johnston (William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1861)



*A map of the region, showing also the route taken by Louis Rousselet in his travels, 1878*





A map of Bombay Presidency, 1880



*A map from 'The Earth and Its Inhabitants' by Elisee Reclus, 1883*


*A relief map by Russell & Struthers, published by Thomas Kelly, New York, 1890s*


From a German guidebook, 1905


From Murray's Handbook for Travelers, 1906; *another version: the whole map*; *central (with key)*; *southward*


*MAPS c.1500-1750* -- *MAPS c.1750-1900* -- *MAPS*

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