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Mss Eur D97
- Record Id:
- 040-003464165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002264861
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087366006.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D97
- Title:
- Buchanan-Hamilton Drawings Volume III: Maps and Plans
- Scope & Content:
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Album of 26 maps and plans: 9 relating to Assam (1793-1794), 10 to Nepal (1802-1803), 7 to teh Bengal Presidency surveys (1807-1814).
The Assam maps are by Ensign Thomas Wood, Surveor with Captain Walsh's Detachment in 1793-1794, and include maps of the Brahmputra valley and Gauhati. The Nepal and Bengal maps are by Indian assistants, including Kamal Lochan. The Bengal Presidency maps include Patna City, Gaur, Kamalapur Palace and Fort (Rangpur), Ayodhya, and hilly territory in Bihar.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002264861
036-003464077
040-003464165 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur Buchanan : Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Mss Eur C14, D95-97, E73, G25 : Drawings, Maps and Inscriptions
Mss Eur D97 : Buchanan-Hamilton Drawings Volume III: Maps and Plans - Hierarchy:
- 032-002264861[0010]/036-003464077[0004]/040-003464165
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Buchanan
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1793
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 1793-1814
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: sizes varying from 8.5 x 6 inches to 25 x 40 inches, folded into a volume 13.5 x 8.25 inches.
Medium: pen-and-ink; wash
- Former Internal References:
- K172
- Finding Aids:
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For the full description, see G.R Kaye and E.H. Johnston, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages (London: HMSO, 1937), no. K172.
Further references to this manuscript may be found in the Mildred Archer, Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library (London: 1962).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)