A magnificent chart of the Indian Ocean, with its islands and adjacent coasts in detail. The sea is criss-crossed with rhumb lines. The map stretches from the Congo coast, around Africa, Arabia, India and South East Asia, including most of the East Indies, and the Western Australia coast. Large ...

Dimensions (W x H): 86 x 56 / 34 x 22

Map of the Seychelles, by the noted French marine cartographer Bellin, showing the routes of exploration of five French ships in the 1770s. A key at upper left lists the ships and their dates. Depth soundings along the routes near the islands.

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 44 / 23½ x 17½

A highly decorative map of the Indian Ocean, with inset map of Mauritius and five vignettes of island scenes on Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon and others. The whole enclosed in an elegant border

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 26 / 13 x 10