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IOR/X/532/1-3
- Record Id:
- 040-003457841
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083242265.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/532/1-3
- Title:
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'Map of the Brahmaputra River from Goalpara to Bishenath from a Survey made in 1828 by Lieut[enan]t. R. Wilcox B[engal].N[ative].I[nfantry].'
- Scope & Content:
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Depicts the 170-mile length of the Brahmaputra River between the Goalpara and Bishenath in north-eastern India. Portrays hydrology including sands, relief by hachures and shading, vegetation and cultivation, settlements and place names.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003457841 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/532/1-3 : Map of the Brahmaputra River from Goalpara to Bishenath from a Survey made in 1828 by Lieut[enan]t. R. Wilcox… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0055]/040-003457841
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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3 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1828
- End Date:
- 1828
- Date Range:
- 1828
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:126,720
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 90.6625,25.4545,93.2688,26.8977
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 90°39’45”-E 93°16’8”/N 26°53’52”-N 25°27’16”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: ink, pencil and watercolour on paper; 55 x 76cm or smaller
- Former External References:
- A XIII 10
G 138
O X 9 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Wilcox, Richard, Lieutenant Colonel, 1802-1848
- Places:
- Bishenath, Assam, India
Brahmaputra River, Asia
Goalpara, Assam, India
India, Asia - 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.119 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.
A description of the expedition is given in:
- R. Wilcox, 'Memoir of a Survey of Asam and the Neighbouring Countries, Executed in 1825-6-7-8', Asiatic Researches, 17(1832), pp.314-467 and filed at SV 98.