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Map charting a river in Bengale

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Map charting a river in Bengale

Vingboons, Johannes

Map charting a river in Bengale.

De Rivier van Bengala / gemaackt na een Portugeese Afteijckeninghe.

Centre: De stucken vande rivier van Bengala, / hier nevens ten ende, ter rechter, ende Linckehandt / vertoont, moeten op de Letteren A. aen Melcanderen / gepast worden.

The map is taken from the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas.

The river depicted here could be the Hougly.

Please contact Österreichische Nationalbibliothek for reuse and copyrights.

Sources and literature

Krogt, Peter van der, The Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem: of the Austrian National Library (2005)