Antique Map Tutecoryn Tuticorin India Plan, 1672

Description: Antique map, titled: ‘Tutecoryn.’ – Bird’s-eye plan of map of Tutecoryn (Tuticorin or Thoothukudi), India.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Philip Baldaeus (1632-1672). Father Philippus Baldaeus, Baelde or Philip Balde (October 1632, Delft � 1672, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna, Ceylon with an invading Dutch force during 17th Century. As the first European he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, similar to Mahawamsa, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with many beautiful plates). Some lates in this work signed G. Appelmans fe., being the engraver.

The paper dimensions are Approx. 16″x 18″ (small variances can occur).

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