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British Post Officer In Madras Presidency's Calicut, 1900 Glass Slide Photo A 1900 glass slide photo of a British post officer in Madras Presidency's Calicut (Kozhikode). The Post Officer (now known as Postmaster) is seen with his attendants and horse cart (jutka), perhaps at the post office compound. Calicut was then part of the Malabar Province, ....read more
Second Voyage of Vasco Da Gama To Calicut, 1874 Book Title - Calcoen A Dutch Narrative of The Second Voyage Of Vasco Da Gama To Calicut Introduction and translation by - J P Berjeau Publishers - Basil Montagu Pickering, London Year - 1874 The narrative applies to the second voyage of the great navigator Vasco Da ....read more
From Lisbon To Calicut - 1956 Book Title- From Lisbon To Calicut Commentary and notes- John Parker Publishers- Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford Press, London Year – 1956 Pages- 40 Dimension- 8¼ x 5½ inch This book is a commentary and translation of the first historic maritime journey outside Europe. European countries in the Middle Ages scrambled to ....read more
Vasco Da Gama Before The Zamorin In Calicut, 1909 Postcard A 1909 postcard showing Vasco Da Gama Before The Zamorin in Calicut (Kozhikode). Pepper a valuable commodity in ancient times, it was considered to be worth its weight in gold. But its source was kept a tight secret for centuries. Although the maritime pepper route to ....read more
River Of Logs In British Era Calicut, 1898 Photo An 1898 photo of river of logs in British-era Calicut (Kozhikode). Calicut was at that time under the Madras Presidency. It was in Calicut that the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama first landed in 1498 in search of pepper. The photo shows bountiful of logs floating down ....read more
A Page On Calicut From A Rare 1713 Latin Book This is a leaf from the 1713 Latin Book- "Universi Orbis Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium" about Calechut or Calicut (now Kozhikode). It was published by Artist- Lasor A Varea Alphonse in Latin. The handmade paper print measures 11 x 8.5 inches. The exotic scene shown here ....read more
The Dutch East India Company Residence In Cape Town, 1900 Postcard Vintage postcard dating to 1900 depicts the former residence of a Dutch East India Company (VOC) governor in Cape Town, South Africa. While the image itself has no direct Indian provenance, Cape Town occupied a crucial position in the wider history of India and Southeast ....read more
Tipu Sultan's Death In The Anglo-Mysore War, 1799 Newspaper Report A rare newspaper report on the death of Tipu Sultan in the 4th Anglo-Mysore War (1798-99). Published just 5 months after the war, quite fast at that time. This 4-page rare antique newspaper is the Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette, dated November 13, 1799, published from ....read more
