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IOR/X/395/8-14
- Record Id:
- 040-003453240
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080176139.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/395/8-14
- Title:
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'Hodgson's Series of Vertical Sections. Signed by J.A. Hodgson, Surveyor General of India, 1822.'
- Scope & Content:
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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; vertical scale not given.
- X/395/9 'No. 9. Section from Chittoor to Bombay. Constructed From the Barometrical Observations of Major Wilson, 26th Regiment, Bengal N[ative].I[nfantry].' Horizontal scale 1:1,013,760; vertical scale 1:9,600.
- X/395/10 'No. 10. Section from St. Thomas's Mount to Mysore. Constructed From the Barometrical Observations of Capt[ai]n. Cullen, Madras Artillery.' Horizontal scale 1:1,013,760; vertical scale 1:9,600.
- X/395/11 'No. 11. Section from Cape Comorin to Mooltye. Constructed From the Barometrical Observations of Capt[ai]n. Cullen, Madras Artillery.' Horizontal scale 1:1,013,760; vertical scale 1:9,600.
- X/395/12 'No. 12. Section from Bellary to Goa. Constructed From the Barometrical Observations of Capt[ai]n. Cullen, Madras Artillery.' Horizontal scale 1:1,013,760; vertical scale 1:9,600.
- X/395/14 'No. 14. Section from Jaulna to Nagpoor. Constructed From the Barometrical Observations of Capt[ai]n. Cullen, Madras Artillery.' Horizontal scale 1:1,013,760; vertical scale 1:9,600.
Also original wrapping cover bearing the note 'Catalogue p.92.'
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003453240 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/395/8-14 : Hodgson's Series of Vertical Sections. Signed by J.A. Hodgson, Surveyor General of India, 1822. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0020]/040-003453240
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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6 map sheets and 1 cover
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1822
- End Date:
- 1822
- Date Range:
- 1822
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scales differ
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 72.8667,8.0772,80.1961,31.1167
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 72°52’0”-E 80°11’46”/N 31°7’0”-N 8°4’38”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: ink and watercolour on paper; 56 x 361cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- A 220
B VI 23
C 164
C 165
C 166
C 167
C 169 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chill, D H, draughtsman, fl 1822
Cullen, William, Lieutenant-General, 1785-1862
Herbert, James Dowling, Captain, 1791-1835
Hodgson, John Anthony, Major-General, 1777-1848
Survey of India, India, 1767-
Wilson, army officer, fl 1822 - Places:
- Bellary, Karnataka, India
Bombay, India
Cape Comorin, Tamil Nadu, India
Chittoor, Rajasthan, India
Ganges River, India / Bangladesh
India, Asia
Jaulna, Hydrabad, India
Mooltye, Central Provinces, India
Mysore, India
Nagpoor, Central Provinces, India
Nova Goa, Goa, India
St Thomas's Mount, Madras, India
Sutluj River, India - Related Material:
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Reference to this item is made in:
- India Office, A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of The Indian Surveys, deposited in The Map Room of the India Office (London: India Office, 1878) p.92 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.
An account of the survey for Section No. 8 can be found at:
- J.A. Hodgson and J.D. Herbert, 'An Account of the Trigonometrical and Astronomical Operations for Determining the Heights and Positions of the Principal Peaks of the Himalaya Mountains, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, AR14 (1822) pp.187-372.