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Collection Area Map Collections Name Survey of India, India, 1767-

1. IOR/X/329/1-16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/329/1-16
Title:
'Drawings for the Indian Atlas. Prepared in the Offices of the Surveyor-General in Madras or Bombay, 1828 to 1830.' - India Office map catalogue.
Scope & Content:
Covers most of India west of 81ºE. Portrays hydrology, relief by shading, vegetation, roads and tracks, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries. Sheets signed by Surveyor-General or Deputy Surveyor-General, Survey of India. Sixteen sheets as follows: 1. No. II 3 N.W. Ahmedabad, B...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1830
Extent:

16 map sheets

2. IOR/X/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/369
Title:
'Districts & Divisions of India. 1862.' Signed by H.E.L. Thuillier, Surveyor General of India and published by the Survey of India.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries. The original map, printed on paper, has been further mounted on paper (backed with linen) for the purposes of conservation.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862
Extent:

1 map sheet

3. IOR/X/371

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/371
Title:
'India'. Fifth Edition. Compiled in the Surveyor General's Office 1862 and lithographed 1864.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and shading, roads, railways, settlements, place names, telegraph stations and administrative boundaries. Sheet history notes give names of additional surveyors, cartographers and lithographers. 'Lady Canning's Map' - India Office map catalogue The or...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862-1864
Extent:

1 map sheet

4. IOR/X/372/1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/372/1-6
Title:
'Sketch Map of India by John Walker. Surveyor Gen[era]l's Office Calcutta 1864.'
Scope & Content:
One map on 6 sheets. [Sheet 1, north-western India, was not present on transfer.] Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, roads, railways, canals, telegraphs, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries, and includes a brief compilation note. Manuscript additions depict supplementary ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1867?
Extent:

5 map sheets

5. IOR/X/377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/377
Title:
'Index to the Districts and Divisions of India 1868 Fifth Edition'. Compiled in the Surveyor General's Office 1862 and lithographed 1866.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries. Manuscript additions depict British territories, dependent, subordinate and protected states, and independent states. The original map, printed on paper, has been further mounted on ca...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1868
Extent:

1 map sheet

6. IOR/X/378

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/378
Title:
'Hand Map of India 1869. Published under the direction of Colonel H.L. Thuillier R[oyal].A[rtillery]., F[ellow of the].R[oyal].G[eographical].S[ociety]., Surveyor General of India'.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, railways, telegraph stations, settlements and place names. The legend also states that British states, dependent, subordinate and protected states, and independent states are distinguished by colour, but such colour is not present. Compiled by J...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869
Extent:

1 map sheet

7. IOR/X/379/1/1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/379/1/1-6
Title:
'Sketch Map of India Shewing Political and Revenue Divisions 1869. 3rd Edition with corrections to 1869.' Published by the Survey of India.
Scope & Content:
Map series in 6 sheets numbered 1 to 6. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads, railways, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries. Sheet 6 has an inset of the Tenasserim Provinces. While the printed date is given as 1869, manuscript additions to railways su...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-[1871]
Extent:

6 map sheets

8. IOR/X/395/8-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/395/8-14
Title:
'Hodgson's Series of Vertical Sections. Signed by J.A. Hodgson, Surveyor General of India, 1822.'
Scope & Content:
Comprises 6 relief cross-sections portraying heights and place names. Sheets as follows: X/395/8 'No. 8. Section of the Mountain Provinces between the Sutluj and Ganges Rivers. By Captain J.A. Hodgson and Lieut[enan]t. J.D. Herbert. Copied by D.H. Chill.' Horizontal scale approximately 1:126,720...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:

6 map sheets and 1 cover

9. IOR/X/396/1-308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/396/1-308
Title:
'The Spirit Levels and Trigonometrical Heights of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, combined with Spirit Levels of the Department of Public Works (also Canal, Revenue, and other surveys). Expressed in feet and referred to the datum of the mean sea level of Karachi harbour.' - India Office map catalogue.
Scope & Content:
The following note is copied from the India Office catalogue: 'This title [see Title field above] (except the part in parentheses), appears at the head of the Second Editions of sheets 1 and 3 of the series; and as it seems to be well adapted to the general scope of the work, it is adopted here...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1908
Extent:

44 map sheets and 39 folios

10. IOR/X/477/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/477/10
Title:
'Hodgson's Map of the Ganges, 1828.' - India Office map catalogue. 'No., X. Survey of the River Ganges, from Allahabad to Ussnee, Taken in the Month of January 1800, by Capt[ain]. Thomas Wood Corps of Engineers'.
Scope & Content:
Depicts the course of the River Ganges in northern India from Ussnee approximately 75 miles eastwards to Allahabad. Portrays hydrology including sands, vegetation and cultivation, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries. Detail extends to approximately one mile from the river. Dr...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:

1 map sheet