James Rennell
Delhi, Punjab & Afghanistan, 1792
12 ½ x 18 in
32 x 46 cm
32 x 46 cm
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The Countries situated between Delhi and Candahar A fascinating and detailed map of northern India, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan, including Punjab, based largely on surveys and materials collected by...
The Countries situated between Delhi and Candahar
A fascinating and detailed map of northern India, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan, including Punjab, based largely on surveys and materials collected by William Kilpatrick, an East India Company officer and diplomat. Roads, rivers, mountains, and cities are marked on the map with an impressive level of accuracy for the late-18th century. The map extends from Kandahar in the west to Delhi in the east, and includes Kabul, Lahore, and Multan, amongst hundreds of other cities, towns, and villages.
James Rennell, the publisher of the map, was Surveyor General of Bengal under the British East India Company and produced some of the earliest scientific maps of India. He is also known as the Father of Oceanography for his work on ocean currents. He was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and the originator of one of the great geographical errors, the entirely fictional Mountains of Kong in West Africa.
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A fascinating and detailed map of northern India, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan, including Punjab, based largely on surveys and materials collected by William Kilpatrick, an East India Company officer and diplomat. Roads, rivers, mountains, and cities are marked on the map with an impressive level of accuracy for the late-18th century. The map extends from Kandahar in the west to Delhi in the east, and includes Kabul, Lahore, and Multan, amongst hundreds of other cities, towns, and villages.
James Rennell, the publisher of the map, was Surveyor General of Bengal under the British East India Company and produced some of the earliest scientific maps of India. He is also known as the Father of Oceanography for his work on ocean currents. He was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and the originator of one of the great geographical errors, the entirely fictional Mountains of Kong in West Africa.
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