1751 Prémière Partie de la Carte d’Asie Contenant la Turquie, l’Arabie, la Perse, l’Inde en deça du Gange...

Prémière Partie de la Carte d’Asie Contenant la Turquie, l’Arabie, la Perse, l’Inde en deça du Gange et de la Tartarie ce qui est limitrophe de la Perse et de l’Inde Publiée sous les auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d’Orleans Prémier Prince du Sang This map by d;Anville is offered in two sheets that can be joined upon request. The northern sheet extends eastward from all of Turkey, across to the Gobi Desert, including the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, Central Asia, and Xinjiang, including the Levant, Egypt, northern Arabia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, the Indus River and Tibet, and Bengal. The southern sheet starts at the Red Sea, with much detail of the southern Arabian Peninsula, and across to the Indian Peninsula, from north of Gujarat across to the Ganges Delta, including Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Laccadive and Maldive Islands. The blank region of southern Odisha is labeled, “Pays inconnu” (Unknown land). The map features an elaborate title cartoche at bottom center depicting the religion