Sinus Gangeticus, vulgo Golfo de Bengala nova descriptio
- Author(s)
- Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
- Description
- Relief shown pictorially. 2 bar scales on map, given in "Milliaria Germanica communia" and "Milliaria Gallica communia." Index numbers along coastlines but no apparent key. Oriented with north to right of sheet. Decorative cartouche, compass roses, rhumb lines, ships, cherubs. Shows topography, vegetation, waterways, ports. Includes Ceylon. One of the earliest Dutch charts of the region. Appears in Jansson's Atlantis majoris quinta pars..., Amsterdam, 1657. This copy has pencil inscriptions at bottom of sheet: 27; Jansson Amsterdam c 1658.
- Publisher
- Apud. I. Ianssonium
- Collection
- Atlantis majoris quinta pars and Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
- Place(s)
- Asia, India, Bengal, Bay of, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Sumatra (Indonesia)
- Subject(s)
- Nautical charts
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/nq640jp6983
- Use and reproduction
- Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
