Probably the earliest depiction of Diu, from 1572; *a HUGE version of this image*

Source: http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/india/diu/maps/braun_hogenberg_I_57_3.html
(downloaded Feb. 2006)

"From Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum I 54. Date: first Latin edition of volume I was published in 1572. After: an unidentified Portuguese manuscript."

From Braun and Hogenberg, "Civitates Orbis Terrarum," German edition, c.1580

Source: ebay, June 2006

*A view from a Portuguese atlas, 1630*

Source: ebay, Mar. 2007

"City of Diu," from 'The Universal Traveller', by Thomas Salmon, London, 1729

Source: ebay, Mar. 2007

Images of Diu, a copperplate engraving published in Paris in 1733; *a detail of the battle scene*

Source: ebay, Nov. 2001

"J F Lafitau: 'Citadelle de Diu' and 'Mort de Sultan Badur', published Paris 1733 (18.9x14.0 cm²). A copperplate engraving showing the harbour town at Diu in the province of Gujarat, north of Bombay, founded by the Portuguese explorer d'Acuña in 1537, whose medallion portrait appears above. In the foreground is a sea battle in which the Sultan Badur is killed. Very detailed, with individual buildings and fortifications."

"City of Diu," a map by Bellin, 1746 (from Astley's 'Voyages and Travels,' London), with modern hand coloring; *a much larger scan of the plan*

Source: ebay, Aug. 2001

"Siege de Diu" (by an Ottoman Turkish expeditionary force), a copper-engraved print with later hand coloring from *PREVOST*, c.1760; *a larger, uncolored scan*

Source: http://www.antiqueprints.com/proddetail.php?prod=e3119&cat=34
(downloaded Nov. 2004)

*"Siege of Diu by the Arabians," a reworking of the above image, from Middleton's Geography, 1778*

Source: ebay, May 2006

The old fort of Diu, as it looks today

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/3463/sort/1/cat/all/page/8
(downloaded Feb. 2005)

A gateway in the fort

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61337795@N00/125656347/
(downloaded Feb. 2007)

The old Diu fort-- a detail

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/germeister/297677206/
(downloaded Feb. 2007)

Diu Fort-- an old cannon still in its embrasure

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/187/sort/1/cat/all/page/16
(downloaded Feb. 2005)

The old St. Thomas's Church has now been converted into the Diu Museum

Source: http://www.flat3.co.uk/india/pages/990029.htm
(downloaded Apr. 2006)

*The former St. Thomas's Church, now the Diu Museum, is lit up at night for tourists*

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/10725
(downloaded Apr. 2006)