COLONIAL MAPS
from c.1750 to c.1900
SELECTIONS FROM THE *SCHWARTZBERG
HISTORICAL ATLAS* (DSAL, highly ZOOMABLE)
=*Mughal disintegration and the rise of regional powers, c.1707-1766**
=*the expansion of British power, 1766-1819**
=*the expansion of British power, 1819-1857**
=*colonial administrative divisions, 1857**
=*the revolt of 1857-59**
=*territorial and administrative changes, 1857-1904**
=*regional population densities, 1872-1901**
=*cities of over 50,000 population, 1871-1901**
WORLD MAPS
=*Library of Congress world maps**, with many from this period
JOPPEN HISTORICAL MAPS, c.1750-1800
=*Historical maps, c.1750 to 1800*, by Charles Joppen (1907): *Carnatic wars*; *1751*; *Hyder, 1780*; *Mysore 1784*; *1795*
CALCUTTA, 1756-
=*Calcutta city maps, 1756 and onward*
PLASSEY, 1757
=*the Battle of Plassey, 1757*, Clive's crucial victory-- and an English account of Bengal, 1757
KITCHIN MAPS, 1750's-
=*North Coromandel (1757); Bengal (1760); both coasts (1763); India (1781), etc.*, by Thomas Kitchin; very detailed and helpful
INDIA, 1760
=*India in 1760, as Clive found it*: several views including Rennell's (1764)
ASIA, 1762
=*Asia, with political borders*, a huge and useful overview map by Jean Janvier, Paris
MISCELLANY, later 1700s
=*India, Asia, and various other maps, 1760s to 1790s*
BONNE MAPS, 1770s-
=*India, Asia, 1770s on*, by Rigobert Bonne: esp. the huge
=*South and Southeast Asia, 1771*
BENGAL, 1775
=*Carte du Bengale, 1775*, by W. Bolts
RENNELL'S NORTHERN INDIA, 1776- *"Bengal to Bihar" and "Delhi to Allahabad"*, spectacular huge maps by the father of modern Indian cartography
REGIONS OF MIDEAST, ASIA, c.1780
=*Many regional maps of the Middle East and Asia, c.1780*, by Louis Brion de la Tour
GANGES and GHAGRA, 1784
=*The Ganges and the Ghaghra*, an early map based on a Persian original, by Anquetil du Perron, 1784
CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL MAPS, c.1800's
=*Colonial maps from the Cambridge Modern History Atlas, 1912** (P-C)
GARDINER HISTORICAL MAPS, 1772-1892
=*India and the world, 1772-1892*, by S. R. Gardiner (1892): *1785*; *1804*; *1857*
OVERVIEW, 1700-1792
*Overview map of India 1700-1792*, from the *Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd (1923)** (P-C)
WILKINSON MAPS, 1794-
=*good political maps, esp. for the South, 1794 on*, by Robert Wilkinson
JOPPEN HISTORICAL MAPS, c.1800-1856
=*historical maps, c.1800 to 1856*, by Charles Joppen (1907): *1805*; *1823*; *1848*; *1856*; *Bengal*
ARROWSMITH MAPS: 1800-
=*India, Asia, by Aaron Arrowsmith, 1800 on*-- the work of the Royal Hydrographer was widely circulated
MISCELLANY, earlier 1800s
=*India, Asia, and various other maps, 1800 to 1850*
ATLAS MAPS, 1814
=*India and the world, 1814*, from Ostell's Atlas, London
INDIA, 1824
=*Hindoostan, 1824*, by Anthony Finley
INDIA, 1826
=*Hindostan, 1826*, by W. and D. Lizars
ASIA, 1827
=*"Asia," from Atlas Universel (1827)**, by Philippe Vandermaelen
SDUK MAPS, c.1830's; 1883
=*SDUK maps, c.1830's and 1883*, two magnificent sets, the latter astonishingly detailed
INDIA, ASIA, 1840
=*India, Asia, 1840*, by John Archer
ASIA, 1844
=*Asia, 1844* by Jesse Olney, Hartford, CT
NORTH INDIA, 1850
=*North India and beyond, 1850* by J. W. Lowry
TALLIS MAPS and TRAVEL ROUTES, 1851
=*Regional maps, and the new overland (and Arabian Sea) routes, 1851*, extremely famous decorative maps by Tallis and Rapkin
MISCELLANY, later 1800s
=*India, Asia, and various other maps, 1850 to 1900*
LUCKNOW, 1857
=*Lucknow just before the Rebellion*
DELHI, 1857
=*Delhi just before the Rebellion*
DELHI VIEW, 1857
=*a British view of Delhi just before the Rebellion* (unique)
the REBELLION OF 1857
=*Company administrative divisions, 1857**
=*maps and views of the military situation during the Rebellion*
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*the revolt of 1857-59**
INDIA, 1860
=*post-1857 political map by W. G. Blackie, 1860*
WELLER MAPS, c.1860s
=*"Weekly Dispatch" maps, c.1860's*, excellent regional maps by Edward Weller; including his huge maps of *Asia* and *India*
SDUK'S INDIA, 1861
=*"India," 1861*, a beauty by SDUK
SOUTH ASIA and ASIA, 1873
=*"South Asia" and "Asia," 1873*, by John Bartholomew
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF ASIA
=*"A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia"**, by John G. Bartholomew, ed. Ernest Rhys, London, 1860-1920
BANARAS, 1876
=*"Kashidarpana," 1876**; a pilgrimage map
INDIA, 1878 (A. K. JOHNSTON)
=*Maps by A. K. Johnston*, especially *India 1878*
HISTORICAL DELHI, c.1880's
=*an extremely detailed (Urdu) historical map of Shahjahanabad*, by Bashir ud-Din Ahmad (1919)
CENTRAL and SOUTH ASIA, 1881 =*Central and South Asia, 1881*, by Richard Andree
LETTS' INDIA SET, 1883 =*India maps from Letts' Atlas, 1883*, superbly detailed
ASIA, INDIA: CRAM MAPS
=*Asia and India, 1885 on*, by George F. Cram
COLONIAL VIEW, 1891
=*"A Historical Map of British India Since 1751"*, by I. S. Clare, 1891; and his map of ancient *"Caucasian nations"*
AREA MAPS, 1893
=*CONSTABLE'S 1893 AREA MAPS OF INDIA*, available thanks to *rootsweb** with the very helpful *index of place names**
IRAN TO INDIA, 1897
=*Iran to North and South India, 1897*, Century Atlas

 
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