RENNELL, Major James.
A Map of the North Part of Hindostan
A Map of the North Part of Hindostan
or A Geographical Survey of the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Awd, Ellahabad, Agra and Dehli.
Stock Code 124104
London, Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, 12th May 1794
Major James Rennell, FRS, FRSE, FRGS (1742-1830) was an East India Company officer, geographer, and pioneer of oceanography. As Surveyor General of Bengal, he produced the first accurate maps of the region and outlines of the Indian subcontinent. Rennell had earlier been tasked with surveying the river Ganges to find the shortest perennially navigable route to the Hooghly River and Calcutta avoiding the Murshidabad shallows.
Large engraved map on two conjoined sheets, with original outline colour, some light offset. size: 71.5 cm by 106.5 cm, sheet size: 76.5 cm by 115 cm.
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