The European Gaze on India 1519 – 1946 About

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Baroque Mughals and Companies

As the Dutch and French trading houses systematise the commerce of the East, India resolves into a single idea — the empire of the Great Mogul. Coasts sharpen, rivers find their courses, and cartographers begin to weigh their sources rather than copy them. Yet the eye is still that of the counting-house and the embassy: a sovereign empire described, and negotiated with, from the outside.

India below and beyond the Ganges, or the Empire of the Great MogulIndia below and beyond the Ganges, or the Empire of the Great Mogul1654Empire du MogolEmpire du Mogol1682Old Persia and Old IndiaOld Persia and Old India1702India and Southeast AsiaIndia and Southeast Asia1703Carte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont les Isles d'Andemaon, Ceylan, les MaldivesCarte Particuliere d'une Partie d'Asie ou sont les Isles d'Andemaon, Ceylan, les Maldives1708Genealogie des Empereurs MogolsGenealogie des Empereurs Mogols1719Tome V. No. 49. Pag. 129. Carte nouvelle des terres de Cucan, de Canara, de Malabar, de MaduraTome V. No. 49. Pag. 129. Carte nouvelle des terres de Cucan, de Canara, de Malabar, de Madura1719Malabar Coromandel CeylonMalabar Coromandel Ceylon1733Composite: l'IndeComposite: l'Inde1752Carte de l'Inde. Southern sectionCarte de l'Inde. Southern section1752East IndiesEast Indies176336. Les Indes Orientales36. Les Indes Orientales1779