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  • Coasts in the Indian Ocean, including Adam's Peak and Bantam, and two sea-mammals found in the ocean. Etching by B. M.
  • Entrance to the crater of the island of Amsterdam, Indian Ocean. Watercolour by E.H. Locker, 1804.
  • Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen Island (South Indian Ocean), Captain Cook's ships Resolution and Discovery in the bay. Engraving by J. Newton, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Saint-Benoît, La Réunion, Indian Ocean: a waterfall in the Rivière des Roches, seen from the lowest of three water levels. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after J.J. Patu de Rosemont.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The churning of the ocean by gods and demons to retrieve the nectar of immortality; below, Lord Vishnu's avatar as Kurma, the tortoise. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Islamic map of the world. The north is at the bottom, with the west to the right surrounded by unknown seas. The Indian Ocean, with the Red Sea, is on the left, with China, India and Iran in boxes to the right. The other sea shown is the Mediterranean next to which is a black square indicating Rome and a circle Constantinople. The Nile flows from the Mediterranean to the east and into the north then turn east and head towards a large circle indicating its source in Africa.
  • Henry Harpur Spry. Etching by C. Grant, 1828.
  • Upper End of Cumberland Bay
  • Maison de Carnicobar
  • Quartier de manille a Carnicobar
  • Terraced Hill forming West Point of Bay
  • Water course with coal seam
  • Jambūdvīpa, the central continent of the middle world in Jain cosmology. Watercolour.
  • Jambūdvīpa, the central continent of the middle world in Jain cosmology. Watercolour.
  • Jambūdvīpa, the central continent of the middle world in Jain cosmology. Watercolour.