Das Reich Des Grossen Mogols

1686

Later hand-coloured copper engraving on paper

Print size: 10 x 13.25 in (25.5 x 33.4 cm)
Sheet size: 10.75 x 13.75 in (27 x 35 cm)

A stunning map of northern India and the surrounding area published in Augsburg. The map is layered on a scene with a tiny city, a river in the foreground, and mountains in the backdrop. A brief overview of the Moghul Empire and its authority in Delhi hangs from the map.

The map is very appealing, spanning from Deccan to Tartaria and Persia to Burma. The map depicts various rivers, regions, and cities, as well as certain geomorphological characteristics. The Ganges is depicted in detail, with a precise position of its mouth and source, but the Brahmaputra is depicted as flowing from a lake. "Thibet" is titled and part of "Turquestan". Many of the region's major cities are depicted, including Lahore, Kabul, Agra, and Delhi.

Almost all of the territory depicted on the map was governed by the Mughal Empire at the time. Through successive battles and expeditions, Akbar, Babur, Humayun, and other notable early kings stretched this empire from Kabul eastward. The empire existed for about two centuries, which is when this map was created. By 1686, some cracks were already present in the leadership because Aurangzeb, the ruler at the time, had conservative inclinations and clamped down on the religiously and culturally inclusive policies that had helped the empire prosper. By the time he died in 1707, open revolts were prevalent, and the empire was never able to recover control.

Johann Christoph Wagner (1640 - c. 1701) was a 17th-century German theologian, mathematician, and writer. His father, Christoph Wagner, was a cantor at St. Egidien in Nuremberg, where Wagner was born. Wagner attended Altdorf University, where he received his doctorate in astrological medicine and the occult qualities of abbreviations. He turned to published calendars for astrological labour after being unable to obtain work in Nuremberg. Around 1680, he moved to Augsburg, where he wrote his well-known depictions of the Orient, among other things.

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