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1. IOR/X

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X
Title:
India Office reference collection of maps
Scope & Content:
The X sequence of India Office maps covers entries in the original 1878 published catalogue (X/1- 4999), maps entered in margins or on interleaves in Catalogue source R, a copy of the 1878 catalogue with room for additions to be added (X/9000-10999), maps subsequently identified in the collection...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
c 70,000 items

2. IOR/X/1-4999

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/1-4999
Title:
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1575-1878
Extent:
1 series

3. 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

4. IOR/X/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/331
Title:
'Mapp of the Mallabar Coast and of the Costa di Pescaria No. 3. Rec'd 13th November 1705 by ye Dutchess via Fort St. George.'
Scope & Content:
The map bears no title but is endorsed as above; the verso bears the same note. Portrays coastal hydrography, pictorial relief, coastal settlements and indigenous land divisions.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1705
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. IOR/X/340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/340
Title:
'Map of India. Engraved and printed by A. Arrowsmith.' 1818.
Scope & Content:
Map bears the inscription 'To The Right Honorable John Sullivan M.P. one of His Majesty's Commissioners of the Affairs of India, whose Life has been devoted to the improvement of the British Interests in the Last. This Map of India is inscribed by his sincere and affectionate Friend, A. Allan'. ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/X/345/1-16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/345/1-16
Title:
'Atlas of the North West of India. Part 1st Containing Maps of the Countries between the Latitudes of 28º50' & 32º North & the Longitudes of 75º50' & 81º30' East. Constructed from Recent Surveys by J.A. Hodgson Surveyor Genl. of India. 1823'.
Scope & Content:
Comprises 1 title page and 15 map sheets numbered I to XV, all signed by J.A. Hodgson and dated 1823. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and either shading or hachures, roads and pathways, settlements, place names, trigonometrical stations with observed rays, and includes topographical ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823
Extent:

15 map sheets and 1 folio

7. IOR/X/347/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/347/1
Title:
'Map of India'. Drawn and engraved by John Walker. Published by Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen. 1825.
Scope & Content:
Map bears the inscription 'This Newly constructed and extended Map of India from the Latest Surveys of the best Authorities, Published principally for the use of Officers of the Army in India, is respectfully Inscribed to Major General Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., K.L.S. &c.' Originally a sing...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 map sheet and 1 pocket

8. IOR/X/348/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/348/1-2
Title:
'A General Map of India. Compiled from the Latest Authorities. Drawn & Engraved by J. Walker.' Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Hon[oura]ble. East India Company. 1825.
Scope & Content:
1 map on 2 sheets. Portrays hydrography, relief by hachures, settlements, place names, British Territories and States under British Protection.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:

2 map sheets

9. IOR/X/350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/350
Title:
'A new Map of the Ancient Division of the Deckan Illustrative of the History of the Hindu Dynasties with Discriptions of the Principal Places is respectfully dedicated To The Hon[oura]ble Sir Charles Grey Kt. By C.V. Ramaswamy. 1827.'
Scope & Content:
Note spelling 'Discription' [sic] in title. Covers India south of Calcutta. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, place names, temples, pagodas, diamond mines, gold coins, copper coins and administrative boundaries. 'Printed at the Asiatic Lithographic Press. Calcutta'. The ori...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:

1 map sheet

10. 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