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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/X

21. 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

22. IOR/X/397/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/397/1-2
Title:
'Karte von Alt-Indien zu Prof[essor]. Chr[istian]. Lassens Indischer-Altherthumskunde, bearbeitet und gezeichnet von Dr. H. Kiepert. A Map of Ancient India, with the Indian Classical and Principal Modern Names, to Illustrate Pof[essor] Lassen's Indian Antiquities. Drawn by Henry Kiepert L.L.D. at Berlin. 1853.'
Scope & Content:
IOR/X/397/1 and IOR/X/397/2 are identical copies of the same map. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, modern and ancient place names, and ethnographic regions, and includes linguistic notes. Also contains insets entitled 'Sketch of the Boundaries of Languages Now Existent in In...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1853
Extent:

2 map sheets

23. IOR/X/399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/399
Title:
'Geological Section from Jeypoor to Jowra'. Signed by 'A[rthur].A[ugustus]. Jacob. B.A. Engineer & Geologist B[ombay].B[aroda]. & C[entral].I[ndia]. Railway'.
Scope & Content:
Geology and relief cross-section in north-western India. Portrays geology and place names. Vertical scale 1:12,000 Dates derived from formation of company and railway opening dates in Related Material (Hurd and Kerr).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1855-1874
Extent:

1 map sheet

24. IOR/X/402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/402
Title:
'Map of India Illustrating the Divisions in which the Various Languages Prevail. Drawn in the Statistical Office. Lithographed by William Lines.' 1852.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, settlements, place names, administrative boundaries and language regions. 'Drawn in the Statistical Office H[onourable].E[ast].I[ndia]. Company' - India Office catalogue 'See also Lassen's map of Ancient India' [Filed at IOR/X/397/1-2.] - India Office catalogue.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852
Extent:

1 map sheet

25. IOR/X/403/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/403/2
Title:
'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of the Armies of the Bengal Madras and Bombay Presidencies August 1860.'
Scope & Content:
Lithographed map sheet dated 1857 with manuscript additions, mostly detailing military positions, dated 1860; 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, settlements, distances between signi...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1860
Extent:

1 map sheet

26. 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

27. IOR/X/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/406
Title:
'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of the Troops of the Bengal, Madras & Bombay Presidencies'. 'July and August 1867. Topog[raphical]. Depôt, War Office.' - India Office map catalogue.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, distances between significant settlements, place names, administrative boundaries, and military depots and dispositions. Bears the note 'Lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office under the Superintendence of Lt. Coll. A.C. Cooke C.B. R....
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:

1 map sheet

28. IOR/X/407/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/407/1-2
Title:
'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops'. Created under the direction of Major C.W. Wilson R.E. 1876, corrected to 1878.
Scope & Content:
One map on 2 lithographed sheets enhanced with watercolour wash. Portrays hydrology, relief by occasional spot heights, roads, railways, settlements, place names, administrative boundaries, military stations and forts, and troop dispositions. Bears the note 'Lith[ographe]d. at the Quarter Maste...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878
Extent:

2 map sheets

29. IOR/X/413/15-35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/413/15-35
Title:
'Livro de Antonio Bocarro, Guardamor de Archivo Real da India, e Chronista geral della, &c. Catalogados Manuscriptos de Bilbiotheca Publica Eborense (Lisbon, 1850) I., p. 302.' - India Office map catalogue
Scope & Content:
Title translation: 'Book of Antonio Bocarro, Guardian of the Royal Archive of India, general chronicler, etc. Cataloged Manuscripts of Évora Public Library (Lisbon, 1850). Pictorial plans of Portuguese forts in India. Printings of monochrome hand-drawn copies of coloured originals extracted fro...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
between 1646-1850
Extent:

16 map sheets

30. IOR/X/414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/414
Title:
Four nautical charts related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Scope & Content:
Series of four tracings related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman copied by Frederick Charles Danvers in the late 19th century. The original charts, produced in the second half of the 17th century by an anonymous Dutch chart maker, are housed in the State Archive (Nationaal Archief), The Hague...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
4 manuscript charts