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Handcoloured steel engraved map, 29.5 x 39 cms (including platemark); 34.5 x 41 cms (sheet), relief throughout shown by hachures, publisher's or binder's stamp (105) lower right, the margins a little browned and the top edge chipped, but in very good condition. Details the massive, water-rich Bengal Presidency, featuring the dense networks of the Ganges and Brahmaputra river systems and the colonial centre of Calcutta (Kolkata), the capital of British India at the time. This sheet tracks northeast into the isolated kingdoms of the Eastern Himalayas, mapping out Bootan (Bhutan) and the early colonial borders of Assam. The top of the map extends into the rugged mountain ranges and tracks across the frontier into parts of Thibet (Tibet). N° de réf. du vendeur 224050
Titre : India XI.
Éditeur : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Baldwin & Cradock., London.
Date d'édition : 1834