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IOR/X/536/1-2
- Record Id:
- 040-003458562
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083468025.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/536/1-2
- Title:
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'Map of the Brahmaputra and Ichamati Rivers. Reduced from the Originals of Capt[ai]n. R. Wilcox. Reduced & Drawn by M.H. Dias'.
- Scope & Content:
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One map on 2 sheets numbered 1 and 2. Covers the Brahmaputra River in north-east India from Goalpara 180 miles southwards to its confluence with the River Ganges; and the Ichamati River from Pabna 30 miles eastwards to Bera. Portrays hydrology including sands, vegetation, settlements and place names. Includes pencil annotations highlighting positional discrepancies with Rennell's Atlas (edition unspecified).
Date derived from expunged entry for field survey book in India Office map catalogue, p.119.
A larger scale version of this map at 1:63,360, derived from the same survey, is filed at IOR/X/538.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-003458562 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/536/1-2 : 'Map of the Brahmaputra and Ichamati Rivers. Reduced from the Originals of Capt[ai]n. R. Wilcox. Reduced & Drawn by M.H.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0059]/040-003458562
- 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:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1832
- Date Range:
- 1831?
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:253,440
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 89.0000,23.6667,90.5000,26.3333
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 89°0’0”-E 90°30’0”/N 26°20’0”-N 23°40’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Manuscript: ink and pencil on paper; 68 x 54cm and 55 x 72cm
- Former External References:
- A XIII 13
G 146
O X 12 - Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dias, Michael H, cartographer, 1816?-1845
Rennell, James, cartographer, 1742-1830
Wilcox, Richard, Lieutenant Colonel, 1802-1848 - Places:
- Bera, Bengal, India
Brahmaputra River, Asia
Ganges River, India / Bangladesh
Goalpara, Assam, India
Ichamati River, Bengal, India
Pabna, 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/538