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Project / Collection India Office Records Name Walker, John, engraver and hydrographer, 1787-1873

1. 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

2. 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

3. IOR/X/405/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/405/1-2
Title:
'Sketch Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops in the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras & Bombay. 1863.' Information supplied by the Quartemaster General's Department.
Scope & Content:
One map on 2 lithographed sheets with manuscript additions, mostly detailing military positions; many of these additions have been drawn on to paper and pasted on to the lithographed sheet. . Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and rock drawing, roads, railways, canals, settlements, place nam...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860-1863
Extent:

2 map sheets

4. IOR/X/2950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2950
Title:
‘Map Showing the Steam Communication and Overland Routes Between England, India, China & Australia. Drawn & Engraved by J. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London, W[illia]m H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W. Distinctive Features: Map of the Eastern Hemisphere showing land and sea routes between England, India, China and Australia featuring a table of reference listing various shipping companies with destinations reported. Rou...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/X/2951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2951
Title:
'Sketch Map shewing the Routes between Constantinople and India by John Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Lithographed by J.&C. Walker. Produced about 1827 when John and Charles Walker’s partnership started. Distinctive Features: Hand coloured outline map of the Middle East showing land routes and waterways in the region with distances reported.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1827
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/X/3206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3206
Title:
‘Map of Arabia. Compiled from all the most recent authorities, by order of the Court of Directors of the East India Company by John Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by J. Walker, Geographer to the Honble East India Company. Engraved by J.&C. Walker. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of the Arabian Peninsula showing the approximate location of the major nomadic tribes with regions’ boundaries outlined in...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1849
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/X/3224/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3224/1
Title:
‘The SEVERAL BAYS, NEAR Cape Aden, ON THE ARABIAN COAST, Surveyed Trigonometrically. 1836’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker Geographer to the Honble. East India Company. Engraved by J.&C. Walker. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by gradient tints. Depths shown by soundings recorded in fathoms at low water. Includes note on survey’s execution and observations with surveyor...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1839
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/X/3630/9/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/9/1-2
Title:
‘Chart of the Red Sea, Comprising the part above Jiddah, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Stasimetric Survey, Executed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 in the Hon.ble Comp.y's Ship Palinurus by Com.der R. Moresby, and Lieu.t T.G. Carless, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless, Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Suez to Jiddah [Jeddah] compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers sh...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1836
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

9. IOR/X/3630/9/3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/9/3-4
Title:
‘Chart of the Red Sea, from Jiddah, to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, Surveyed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 By Capt.n T. Elvon and Lieu.t H.N. Pinching, and completed in 1833 and 34 by Com.der R. Moresby, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless Lieu.t and Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures with some mountain ranges shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Jiddah [Jeddah] to Bab-el-Mandeb Strait compiled fro...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1836
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

10. IOR/X/3630/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/10
Title:
‘Chart of the South East Coast of Arabia, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Trigonometric Survey, by S.B. Haines, Commander, Indian Navy. Assisted by Lieu.ts Wellsted, Sanders, Jardine & Shepherd, also Mess.rs Ball, Stevens, Rennie, Cruttenden, Grieve & Barrow, Midshipmen, I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula from Bab-el-Mandeb Strait to the east of Ridah [Ar Raydah, Yemen] com...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1839
Extent:
1 map