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English: This detail from an 18th-century map by Pierre Mortier of The Netherlands names several dozen of the Maldive Islands off the southwestern coast of India. Map title: Carte particuliere d'une partie d'Asie ou sont les Isles d'Andemaon, Ceylan, les Maldives: dressé sur les memoires le plus nouveaux.
Date circa 1700
date QS:P,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3415503, which says "Probably from: Suite du Neptune François ou Atlas nouveau des cartes Marines /­ Pierre Mortier. Amsterdam : Chez Pierre Mortier, 1700."
Author Pierre Mortier of The Netherlands
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