The descriptions of the maps in the atlas, A Series of Early Printed Maps of India in Facsimile, written by Susan Gole. The chosen map refers to map 33. A comparison map is map 43 described later made by Kitchin.
i. The chosen map is one made by the navigator Captain Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) in 1764 and was published in 1980 in the atlas compiled by Susan Gole in New Delhi of “Early Printed Maps of India.” We will focus on the leftmost map titled…