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View of Suratta or Surat & Fort, Antique Plan 1720 An antique 1720 plan with a view of Suratta or Surat and the fort. This Dutch engraved map of Surat measures 36 x 29 cm. After Calicut, Cochin, Quilon, Goa, etc, Surat also became a Portuguese colony from 1540 to 1612. The British first landed in [...]
Click on the photo for better view Fort Cochin - Antique Map Plan 1761 This is an antique map of Fort Cochin city dating to 1761. Originally drawn by French cartographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin. It measures- 35 x 24cm. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in India by the maritime route. Landing first at [...]
Click on the photo for better view Fort At Coylan - Antique Map / Plan 1764 A copper engraved 1764 map/plan of Coylan in 1764. Produced by the famous Jacques Nicolas Bellin the French cartographer. It measures 37 x 25 cm. The Portuguese built St Thomas Fort at Coylan in 1517. Coylan, Coylang, Cualao, Cuallom, Quilon, [...]
Chinese Boats On The Malabar Coast - Old Print 1746 This is an original engraved print from 1746, it measures 7x10 inches. Probably from a 1746 French Book "Histoire Générale des Voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre". Shows the Chinese rowing boats off the Malabar coast. The [...]
Bamboo Island Cubbon Park Bangalore, PC 1905 This is an old 1905 PC or postcard of Cubbon Park and Bamboo Island, Bangalore, or Bengaluru. Richard Sankey, Chief Engineer of the then Mysore State, designed and created Cubbon Park in the British India era of 1870. The park is in the heart of Bengaluru. See post Britishers [...]
Night Scene In British Era Calcutta During WWII, 1942 Photo A 1942 news photo of a night scene in British Era Calcutta (Kolkata) during WWII. It shows Lindsay Street outside the Hogg Market in Calcutta. It was the height of World War II, see the text on the back of this photograph that reads- "Jap landing [...]
British Cavalry Parade In Bangalore - Old Postcard 1918 This is a rare photo Postcard of the British era's Cavalry Parade at Bangalore's parade grounds. The Postcard dates approx to 1918. Bangalore's destiny changed after the 1791 war against Tipu Sultan by the British army. After a hard-fought battle, the British seized the Bangalore Fort in 1791. Realizing [...]
Bowring Institute Club In Bengaluru - Old Postcard 1907 This is the third postcard on Bowring Institute a club in Bangalore or Bengaluru dating to around 1907. Started by Britisher B.L. Rice a civil service personnel in the British India era of 1888. Bowring Institute is a social and recreational club in a 12-acre plot in [...]
