Islands of the Indian Ocean Maldives Amirantes c. 1840 SDUK detailed antique map
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Islands of the Indian Ocean.
(Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Amirantes, Seychelles, Socotra, Rodrigue, Chagos, Keeling Isles, Mauritius, Bourbon, Reunion, Lakadives, Maldives, Kerguelen, Andaman Isles, Nicobar Islands).
Issued c.1840, London by Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK). Engraved by J & C Walker.
Detailed mid- 19th century antique map, engraved with original outline hand color.
Overall mostly clean, pleasing age patina, nice looking example with minor edge wear or very short closed edge splits.
Sheet measures c. 13 1/2" x 16 1/4".
Printed area measures c. 12 1/2" x 15 1/4".
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol.4.
[R22860].