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IOR/X/535
- Record Id:
- 040-003458116
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083391986.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/535
- Title:
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'Brahmaputra Survey by Capt[ain]. Wilcox. Triangulation from Surajganj to Rangamutti.'
- Scope & Content:
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Fifteen skeleton triangulation diagrams of the Brahmaputra River in north-eastern India extending from Surajganj 150 miles northwards to Rangamati. On 4 foolscap folios, each folded in half to give a total of 16 pages; one diagram on each page, with one blank page; the whole inserted into a foolscap cover.
Date derived from expunged entry for field survey book in India Office map catalogue, p.119.
More detailed mapping of Captain Wilcox's triangulation chain can be found at IOR/X/537/1-8.
NB The spelling 'Rangamutti' appears on the cover; the variant 'Rangamati' appears on the diagram.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003458116 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/535 : Brahmaputra Survey by Capt[ain]. Wilcox. Triangulation from Surajganj to Rangamutti. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0056]/040-003458116
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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4 folios and 1 cover
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1832
- Date Range:
- 1831?
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:253,440
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 89.5333,24.4333,90.6167,26.3667
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 89°32’0”-E 90°37’0”/N 26°22’0”-N 24°26’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: ink and pencil on paper; 32 x 41cm, folded in half
- Former External References:
- A XIII 12
G 146
O X 11 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Wilcox, Richard, Lieutenant Colonel, 1802-1848
- Places:
- Brahmaputra River, Asia
India, Asia
Rangamati, Assam, India
Rangamutti, Assam, India
Surajganj, 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.119 and filed at Maps 212.a.5.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- IOR/X/537/1-8