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IOR/X/405/1-2
- Record Id:
- 040-003453579
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080609958.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/405/1-2
- Title:
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'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:
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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 names, administrative boundaries troop dispositions.
The lithographed base map is by John Walker with some text erased; canals and railways date it to c 1860. An 1864 edition of this map is filed at Maps 52410.(33.).
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003453579 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/405/1-2 : 'Sketch Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops in the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras & Bombay. 1863.'… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0026]/040-003453579
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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2 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- c 1860-1863
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:2,027,520
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 64.4333,5.1333,100.0000,34.3333
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 64°26’0”-E 100°0’0”/N 34°20’0”-N 5°8’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolour; 167 x 85cm and 168 x 86cm
- Former External References:
- B VII 14
R.108 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Indian Army, Quartermaster General's Department, 1857-1894
Walker, John, engraver and hydrographer, 1787-1873 - Places:
- Bengal, Presidency of, Asia
Bombay, Presidency of, Asia
India, Asia
Madras, Presidency of, 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.94 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.