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COLONIAL MAPS
from c.1750 to c.1900 |
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*A Historical Atlas of South Asia, ed. by Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1992)**-- complete, zoomable (DSAL) |
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*Library of Congress world maps**, with many from this period |
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*Historical maps, c.1750 to 1800*, by Charles Joppen (1907): *Carnatic wars*; *1751*; *Hyder, 1780*; *Mysore 1784*; *1795*; |
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*Calcutta city maps, 1756 and onward* |
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*The Battle of Plassey, 1757*, Clive's crucial victory in Bengal |
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*North Coromandel (1757); Bengal (1760); both coasts (1763); India (1781), etc.*, by Thomas Kitchin |
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*India in 1760, as Clive found it*: several views |
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*Asia, with political borders*, a huge and useful overview map by Jean Janvier, Paris |
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*India, Asia, and various other maps, 1760s to 1790s* |
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*India, Asia, 1770s on*, by Rigobert Bonne: esp. the huge *South and Southeast Asia, 1771* |
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*The Deccan, c.1780*, by Louis Brion de la Tour |
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*Colonial maps from the Cambridge Modern History Atlas, 1912** (P-C) |
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*India and the world, 1772-1892*, by S. R. Gardiner (1892): *1785*; *1804*; *1857* |
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*Overview map of India 1700-1792*, from the *Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd (1923)** (P-C) |
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*Excellent political maps, esp. for the South, 1794 on*, by Robert Wilkinson |
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*Historical maps, c.1800 to 1856*, by Charles Joppen (1907): *1805*; *1823*; *1848*; *1856*; *Bengal* |
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*India, Asia, by Aaron Arrowsmith, 1800 on*-- the work of the Royal Hydrographer was widely circulated |
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*India, Asia, and various other maps, 1800 to 1850* |
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*India and the world, 1814*, from Ostell's Atlas, London |
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*Hindoostan, 1824*, by Anthony Finley |
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*Hindostan, 1826*, by W. and D. Lizars |
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*SDUK maps, c.1830's and 1880's*, two magnificent sets |
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*India, Asia, 1840*, by John Archer |
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*Asia, 1844* by Jesse Olney, Hartford, CT |
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*North India and beyond, 1850* by J. W. Lowry |
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*Overland (and Arabian Sea) routes, 1851* by J. Rapkin |
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*India, Asia, and various other maps, 1850 to 1900* |
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*Lucknow just before the Rebellion*, a detailed map |
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*Delhi just before the Rebellion*, a detailed map |
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*A British view of Delhi just before the Rebellion* (unique) |
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*Maps and views of the military situation during the Rebellion* |
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*"Weekly Dispatch" maps, c.1860*, excellent regional maps by Edward Weller; including his huge maps of *Asia* and *India* |
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*"India," 1861*, a beauty by SDUK |
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*"South Asia" and "Asia," 1873*, by John Bartholomew |
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*"Kashidarpana," 1876**; a pilgrimage map |
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*Maps by A. K. Johnston*, especially *India 1878* |
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*An extremely detailed (Urdu) historical map of Shahjahanabad*, by Bashir ud-Din Ahmad (1919) |
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*Central and South Asia, 1881*, by Richard Andree |
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*Asia and India, 1885 on*, by George F. Cram |
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*"A Historical Map of British India Since 1751"*, by I. S. Clare, 1891; and his map of ancient *"Caucasian nations"* |
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*CONSTABLE'S 1893 AREA MAPS OF INDIA*, available thanks to *rootsweb** with the very helpful *index of place names** |
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*Iran to North and South India, 1897*, Century Atlas |
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