To Mark Wood Esqr. M.P. colonel of the army in India late chief engineer and surveyor general, Bengal this Map of India compiled from various interesting and valuable materials is inscribed in grateful testimony of his liberal communications by ... A. Arrowsmith. London: Published by... A. Arrowsmith, 24 Rathbone Place, 1804

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Associated with	Arrowsmith, Aaron.

Subject	Colonies > British > India > Maps > 19th century
Subject	India > Maps > 19th century
Genre	Map
Genre	Cartographic image
Genre	Maps.

Note	Case Map.
Note	Large and important map of India in six sheets, joined and dissected onto three sheets.It shows British controlled areas at the turn of the century. Arrowsmith published an even larger version of the map in 1816: "With the growing influence of the British in India at the end of the eighteenth century, the need for an up-to-date general map of the sub-continent grew. The first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, employed Major Rennell who, in 1779, published his famous Bengal Atlas, followed up in 1788 by his map of India. The map itself was based upon D’Anville’s map of 1752, though enriched by much new material, supplied by the numerous "route surveys" carried out by the army. As these "route surveys" began to become more numerous and accurate the need for a new general map of India soon became apparent. In 1816 Aaron Arrowsmith published his Map of India in nine sheets, on a scale of sixteen miles to an inch, which was the last great general map based on route surveys. His subsequent Atlas of South India, published in 1822, was based upon the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Lambton, filled in by the officers of the Madras Institute."
Local note	Pub list no.: 6916.000.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pw264zg9724
Location	electronic resource

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