Mosque in South India, 16th Century
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24/07/2019
Content Type
Art And Craft
Category
Paintings
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Subject Area
Architecture
Description
Date Created: 1604
Original Source: Beinecke Library, Yale University.
Muslim communities were integral to spice trade throughout the
Middle East and Asia. This engraving from the Itinerario of Jan Linschotten,
published in 1604 in the Netherlands, shows a mosque in Southern India
alongside a Hindu temple. Muslim traders were some of the leading spice
merchants before the arrival of the Portuguese at the end of the 15th century.
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Artist: Jan Huygen van Linschoten