Nautical Atlas of the World, Folio 3 Recto, Northern Indian Ocean With Arabia and India and Folio 3 Verso, Southern Indian Ocean With Insulindia On the Left, and Madagascar On the Right 1519

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Old map of Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

names, heraldic shields and flags, and vessels flying either the Portuguese Cross of the Order of Christ or the Ottoman crescent. The atlas takes its name from Emmanuel Miller, who purchased it in 1855 from a bookseller in Santarém, Portugal. Miller's widow sold it to the National Library of France in 1897.
Created by António De Holanda, Lopo Homem, King of Portugal Manuel I, Jorge Reinel, Pedro Reinel in 1519.

Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
Original resource extent: 2 maps, 4 pages, vellum : illustrations ; 42 x 59 centimeters.
Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Catherine Hofmann, Hélène Richard, Emmanuelle Vagnon, et al., The Golden Age of Maritime Maps: When Europe Discovered the World (Buffalo, NY: Firefly, 2013).
Original resource at: National Library of France.
Content in Latin.
Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Nautical Atlas of the World, Folio 3 Recto, Northern Indian Ocean With Arabia and India and Folio 3 Verso, Southern Indian Ocean With Insulindia On the Left, and Madagascar On the Right 1519

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