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St. John the Baptist Church, SEEPZ, Mumbai

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Portuguese church built in 1579 by Portuguese Jesuits.

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St. Xavier's College

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St. Xavier's College

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Street Grid, 1970 Tourism Map

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The pictured streets appear wide and prominent, cutting through all directions of the city in a grid like format.

Street Kids

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Embodying the radical disparity of wealth in the city, streets provide easy transportation for its rich and places to sleep for Bombay's poorest citizens.

Taboas geraes de toda a navegação, divididas e emendadas por Dom Ieronimo de Attayde com todos os portos principaes das conquistas de Portugal delineadas por Ioão Teixeira cosmographo de Sua Magestade, anno de 1630

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Taboas geraes de toda a navegação, divididas e emendadas por Dom Ieronimo de Attayde com todos os portos principaes das conquistas de Portugal delineadas por Ioão Teixeira cosmographo de Sua Magestade, anno de 1630

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1630 Portuguese map of Asia, with a special focus on Portuguese colonies and trade routes. The title translates to: "General tables of all the navigation, divided and corrected by D. Jeronimo de Ataide, with all the ports and conquests of Portugal…

Tags: chr_1630, geo_asia, thm_portuguesemap