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IOR/X/476/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003457210
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082523317.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/476/1
- Title:
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'Survey to Gangotri By Lieutenant Webb. 1810'.
- Scope & Content:
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'Webb's Route Survey of the Sources of the Ganges and Jumna, 1810 ... The General Map.' - India Office map catalogue
Depicts the Ganges and Jumna rivers from Gangotri in northern India approximately 150 miles southwards. Portrays hydrology, relief by shading (in limited areas only), settlements, place names and the expedition route.
This manuscript map was used to produce the published Map of the Survey to Gangotri by Lieut. W.S. Webb, Surveyor (London: [n.pub.],1810) [not held at BL].
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003457210 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/476/1 : 'Survey to Gangotri By Lieutenant Webb. 1810'. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0042]/040-003457210
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1810
- End Date:
- 1810
- Date Range:
- 1810
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximtely 1:665,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 78.0000,29.0000,80.0000,31.5000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 78°0’0”-E 80°0’0”/N 31°30’0”-N 29°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: ink and pencil on paper; 46 x 34cm
- Former External References:
- A X 44
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Webb, William Spencer, Captain, 1784-1865
- Places:
- Ganges River, India / Bangladesh
Gangotri, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India
India, Asia
Jumna River, Bengal, 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.111 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.
An account of the expedition and survey methodology is given in:
- H.T. Colebrooke and F.V. Raper, 'On the Source of the Ganges, in the Himadri or Emodus', Asiatic Researches 11 (1810) pp.429-563 - Biodiversity Heritage Library - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/133111#page/590/mode/1up [accessed 07/06/2019]
A copy of the published version of this map, Map of the Survey to Gangotri by Lieut. W.S. Webb, Surveyor (London: [n.pub.], 1810), can be found at Barry Lawrence Ruderman - https://raremaps.com/gallery/detail/44346/Map_of_the_Survey_to_Gangotri_by_Lieut_WS_Webb_Surveyor_1810.html [accessed 07/06/2019]