1672 Descriptio Nova Imperii Malabar, Canara, Decan; et Aliarum Provinciarum.

This important decorative map is the work of Philip Baldaeus, a Dutch missionary in the Malabar and Coramandel districts of India. Depicted here is the area from the southernmost region of India, extending as far north as Surat, including a portion of the Kathiawar Peninsula. Towns and cities are all noted along the coast line such as Mumbai (Bombay), Calicut (Calcutta) and Goa to name a few. Rivers are named and known topographical features delineated. The map is oriented east, with the compass rose pointing to the left, and embellished with a distance scale on a plaque beneath measuring dividers and maps.