Pictorial map of India, depicting adventures of the character Corto Maltese. Also shows indigenous territories, cities, routes, topography, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Features illustrations of people, animals and plants. Includes numerous inset maps of various types, as well as images of stamps and other ephemera surrounding the continent. With vignette portraits of historical and literary figures, such as Sinbad il marinaio [Sinbad the Sailor]. Descriptive text throughout, including notes on colonial explorations.

Higher resolution version of the image available here