Calcutta and the southern coast of India, from Juan de la Cosa's map, 1500. Hand-colored woodcut

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Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

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Size: 6217px × 2874px
Photo credit: © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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