Partie de l'Inde et Ile de Ceylan - Vandermaelen, 1825 Title: Planisfero del Mondo Vecchio

Title: Planisfero del Mondo Vecchio

While Dutch merchants were physically dominating the spice trade in the East Indies

representing a shift toward the more empirical

The Heart of the Whirlpools: Look closely at the coastlines

The map illustrates the Ptolemaic concept of the regions west of the Indus River

Partie de l'Inde et Ile de Ceylan - Vandermaelen, 1825 Title: Planisfero del Mondo VecchioTitle: Partie de l'Inde et Ile de Ceylan (Sheet No. 108) Cartographer: Philippe Vandermaelen (17951869) Published: Brussels, 1825 Technique: Lithograph with original hand coloring Description: A superb, large scale map detailing Southern India and the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Vandermaelen's work is celebrated by historians for being the first atlas to apply a consistent scale (1: 1,641,836) to the entire globe. This specific sheet provides an