Original copper engraved maritime map by
Jean Baptiste Nicolas Denise D’Apres de Mannevillette
A scarce nautical chart depicting the western coast of India, extending from the Gulf of Khambhat and the ports of Surat and Bombay down along the Konkan coast to Goa and the Kanara region. Also shown is an inset plan of the Tapi river flowing through Surat. One of Mannevillette’s most significant charts, it offers substantial improvements over earlier maps, incorporating numerous soundings, corrections, and navigational details.
This is most significantly one of the few maps to illustrate the seven islands, now connected, that compose modern day Bombay or Mumbai. The practice was abandoned only a few years later as the water passages between these islands began to be filled-in or silted-up. Also shown is an inset plan of the river of Surat. The map offers rich detail including countless depth soundings, notes on the sea floor, commentary on reefs, rhumb lines, shoals, place names and a wealth of other practical information for the mariner.
