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Mss Eur Orme OV.332

Record Id:
040-003677856
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002305428
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100104524839.0x000001
LARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.332
Title:
Maps, Plans and Views printed in Orme's History
Scope & Content:
List of Contents at the beginning.
  • 1 (34.5 x 50 cm.). Skeleton Map of Bengal and Northern Indostan for Orme's History. Engraved by Baillie, 1773.
  • 2 (36.5 x 47 cm.). Skeleton of a Map of Bengal, for Orme's History. Engraved by Thos. Kitchin. See 222. 143.
  • 3 (25 x 41 cm.). Plan for the intelligence of the military operations at Calcutta when attacked and taken by Seerajah Dowlet, 1756. By T. Kitchin. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. II.
  • 4 (22.5 x 40.5 cm.). Territory of Calcutta, 1757. By T. Kitchin. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. II.
  • 5 (20 x 70 cm.). View of Calcutta from the River in 1756. By T. Kitchin. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. II.
  • 6 (21 x 16.5 cm.). Plan of the battle between Calliaud and the Schah-Zadah at [Seerpoor]. By T. Kitchin. For the name of the battle see Caillaud's Journal. (VI. 9 below.)
  • 7 (23 x 26 cm.). Pondicherry, the country around and the attack, in 1760-61. By T. Kitchin. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. III.
  • 8 (26.5 x 43 cm.). Permacoil. By Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. One of the first proofs. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. III. Drawn by John Call.
  • 9 (26.5 x 43 cm.). Permacoil. By J. Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. One of the second proofs with references. See No. 8 above.
  • 10 (28 x 38.5 cm.). Chittapet. By J. Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. One of the first proofs. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. III. Drawn by J. Call.
  • 11 (31 x 33 cm.). Trinomalee. By J. Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. One of the first proofs. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. II. Drawn by John Call.
  • 12 (27.5 x 42 cm.). Thiagur. By J. Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. One of the first proofs. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. II. Drawn by J. Call. (a) (21 x 16 cm.). The Cape of Good Hope. Engraved by J. Couse for the “Royal Magazine." (March 1761.) (b) (12.5 x 7.7 cm.). An apartment in a Zanannah.
  • 13 (27.5 x 42 cm.). Thiagur. By J. Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. One of the second proofs with the references. See No. 12.
  • 14 (Lacking). Battle of Plassey. Published by Clive's father. Possibly one of the printed maps in the India Office Map Department.
  • 15 (31 x 33 cm.). Trinomalee. By J. Chevers, for the second volume of Orme's History. A second proof. See No. 11.
  • 16 (28.5 x 41 cm.). Palam Cotah. By J. Chevers, for Orme's History. A first proof. Printed in Orme's History, Vol. III. Drawn by John Call.
  • 17 (a) (8.5 x 16.5 cm.) Madras ou Fort St. George. A French plan. Printed. b) (8.5 x 7 cm.). Fort d'Arcate au Nabab. A French plan. Printed. (c) (4.5 x 5.5 cm.). Divicote aux Anglois. A French plan. Printed. (d) (4 x 5.5 cm.). Pagode de Chalenbron. A French plan. Printed. (e) (8.5 x 16 cm.). Pondichéri, 1769. A French plan. Printed.
  • 18(a) (12 x 12 cm.). Goudelour, aux Anglois. A French plan. Printed. (b) (8.5 x 14 cm.). Trichnapaly, au Nabab du Carnate. A French plan. Printed. Engraved by Croisey.
  • 19 (12 x 16 cm.). Fort de Calicuta, aux Anglois à Bengale. A French plan. Printed.
  • 20 (a) (14.5 x 15.5 cm.). Gingy, au Nabab. A French plan. Printed. (b) (5.5 x 8.5 cm.). Schinglepet, aux Anglois. A French plan. Printed. (c) (5.5 x 3.5 cm.). Carangouli au Nabab. A French plan. Printed. (d) (2.5 x 3.5 cm.). Pondamalei. A French plan. Printed. e) (2.5 x 3.5 cm.). Vandavachi. A French plan. Printed.
  • 21 (15 x 15.5 cm.) Mazulipatam aux Anglois avec les nouvelles fortifications à la Coste d'Orixa. A French plan. Printed.
  • 22 (a) (7.5 x 11.5 cm.). Port de Bombay à la Coste de Malabar, aux Anglois. A French plan. Printed. (b) (8.5 x 11.5 cm.). Baye de Tringmalet, Isle de Ceilan. A French plan. Printed.
  • 23 (a) (10 x 11.5 cm.). Negapatan aux Hollandois. A French plan. Printed. (b) (9.5 x 11.5 cm.). Tranquenbar, aux Danois. A French plan. Printed.
  • 24 (37 x 58 cm.). Plan des Attaques de la Ville de Maduré, dédiée à son A. S. Monseigneur le Prince de Condé par . . . Marchand. "Madura, attacks of, in 1763, 1764, by Marchand, a Frenchman who served with Mahomed Issoof." Engraved by Croisey. Apparently published separately, as it is not attached to Marchand's "Précis historique des deux siéges de Maduré." A curious plan drawn on a double scale. There are two or three copies of this in the Map Department of the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris.
  • 25 (23 x 27 cm). Plan de la ville du Cap-de-Bonne Esperance et environs par M. B. C. T., en Décembre 1770. Printed. In the Index M. B. C. T. is stated to have been a French engineer. Copy in the Brit. Museum, [now British Library. Cartographic Items Maps K.Top. 117.114]. 26 (24 x 42 cm.). Partie de l'Isle de l'Ascension, Baye de la Pray dans l'lsle de St. Yago, Ville et partie de l'Isle de Ste. Hélène aux Anglois par M. B. C. T., 1770. Gravé par Croisey.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002305428
033-003394094
040-003677856
Is part of:
Mss Eur Orme : Robert Orme papers.
Mss Eur Orme OV. : Orme Various

 

Mss Eur Orme OV.332 : Maps, Plans and Views printed in Orme's History
Hierarchy:
032-002305428[0001]/033-003394094[0304]/040-003677856
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Orme
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume, 38 maps
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1756
End Date:
1773
Date Range:
1756-1773
Era:
CE
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Dimensions: 28 x 24 cm.

Binding: Leather-backed, board-covered volume

Material Type:
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