1650 Jan Jansson Large Rare Antique Map of India and The Bay of Bengal Poland 800) to the Encyclopédie by

800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d Alembert from 1751

many of which are based on Guillaume De L'Isle

The bay is a convenient natural refuge for vessels

visited by Captain Cook in HMS Resolution & Discovery in September 1777

Cook\'s men discovered a bottle containing a message in Latin left by Kerguelen\'s men

1650 Jan Jansson Large Rare Antique Map of India and The Bay of Bengal Poland 800) to the Encyclopédie byTitle : Sinus Gangeticus Vulgo Golfo De Bengala Date : 1650 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 60604 Size: 23 1 2in x 20in (600mm x 510mm) Description: This exceedingly impressive hand coloured original antique map of the Bay of Bengal, India stretching from Sri Lanka to the west coast of Thailand was published by Jan Jansson in the 1650 Edition of his "Water World" atlas Atlantis Majoris. There were far fewer editions of this atlas published than