India: A French map of the Indian subcontinent and its myriad kingdoms (though most had fallen to ruin over 100 years prior) by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667),1652. (Private Collection)
India: A French map of the Indian subcontinent and its myriad kingdoms (though most had fallen to ruin over 100 years prior) by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667),1652. (Private Collection)
Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) was a French cartographer and geographer, credited by some as the creator of French geography and the father of French cartography.
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