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A Close-up of a portion of "Cook's Plan of Bombay., including the Walkeshwar region and Malabar Hill. A mix of meticulously drawn small roads, buildings, trees and terrain.

G9111.P5 1633 .R7

Two maps of the Indian coast with an accompanying description.

The booklet calls the tour 'The Mecca Pilgrimage' describing a trip designed for the 'control of movements of Mahomedan Pilgrims from all parts of India to Jeddah for Mecca, Medina and back.' It also reads that the Company was appointed by the…

This is a photo of a Thomas Cook & Son ticket entitling travel to Jeddah and back from Bombay and onwards to an undisclosed location during 1886. Although the ticket has not been completed by its holder, there are options to travel by steamboat from…

This is another map from around the same time to look at for comparison.

Six panel Edo period Japanese art which depicts the arrival of a Portuguese ship in the early seventeenth century.

Six panel Edo period Japanese art which depicts the arrival of a Portuguese ship in the early seventeenth century.

Anonymous map c.1550 of Eastern Africa, Asia and Western Oceania.