Probably the earliest depiction of Canonore, from 1572; *a HUGE version of this image*
Source:
http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/india/cannanore/maps/braun_hogenberg_I_54_3.html
(downloaded Feb. 2006)
"From Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum I 54. Date: first Latin edition of volume I was published in 1572. After: an unidentified Portuguese manuscript."
From a Portuguese atlas, 1630
Source: ebay, Mar. 2007
"Die Stadt Cananoor," by Philip Baldaeus, from 'Nauwkeurige
beschrijving Malabar en Choromandel, derz. aangrenzend rijken,
en het machtige eiland Ceylon' , Amsterdam, 1672
Source: ebay, Aug. 2014
"Ville de Cananor," a view from *PREVOST*, 1751
Source: ebay, Dec. 2005
"Vue de Cananor," by Bellin, from *PREVOST*, 1761; *a very large scan of this view*
Source: ebay, June 2008
A silver fanam minted by the British in Cananore, 1754-96
Source:
http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/coinindia/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=307
(downloaded July 2007)
" BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: Silver 1/5 rupee ("velli" fanam or "Bombay billy"), Cannanore mint. Obverse Legend, in the name of Alamgir II and naming Cannonore as the mint. Reverse Legend, including inverted 5. Date 1754-1796. Weight 2.15 gm. Diameter 12-13 mm."
*'Cannonore fort & Bay'; a watercolor by John Johnston, c.1795-1801* (BL)
*'Entrance to the Fort, Cannanore', by Thomas
Cussans, c.1817-22* (BL)
also: *'View of the Fort, Cannanore, from the
Saluting Battery'* [*Cussans
1817b*];
also: *'View of Part of the Town & Bay of
Cannanore'* [*Cussans 1817c*]
"The Pepper Pot, at the Fort, Cannanore," a watercolor by D. Kayes, 1949; also: *"Holiday Bungalow, Cannanore"*
Source: ebay, Dec. 2006
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