COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
(Bengal, Bahar &c north)
Obj Height cm:
54
Obj Width cm:
151
Scale 1:
750,000
Note:
Hand colored engraved map. Relief shown pictorially. Includes 1776 statement by Andrew Dury to the directors of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies. Prime meridian: Calcutta. Printed on 2 sheets; joined.
Full Title:
(An actual survey, of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar &c. North half. By Major James Rennell, Engineer, Surveyor General to the Honourable the East India Company, published by permission of the court of directors, from a drawing in their possession; by A. Dury. Wm. Haydon sculpt. Published 12th May, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London)
List No:
2310.063
Page No:
54
Series No:
65
Pub Date:
1804
Pub Title:
(A new universal atlas, exhibiting all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, &c. &c. in the whole World; being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of D'Anville and Robert (de Vaugondy) with many improvements by Major James Rennel, and other eminent geographers, including all the tracks and new discoveries of the British circumnavigators, Biron, Wallis, Carteret, Captain James Cook, Vancouver, Perouse, &c. &c. 6th Ed. ... London, R. Laurie & J. Whittle, 1804)
Pub Reference:
OCLC 7160203. Cf P699; Shirley R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.LAU-1c (1799 ed.); NMM 375 (3rd ed. 1801)
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2310.000
Pub Maps:
76
Pub Height cm:
57
Pub Width cm:
41
Image No:
2310063
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2006
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Laurie & Whittle
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Bangladesh
Country:
India
Engraver or Printer:
Haydon, William
Publication Author:
Kitchin, Thomas
Publication Author:
Robert Laurie & James Whittle
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Robert Laurie & James Whittle
Date:
1794
Attributed Author:
Dury, Andrew
Attributed Author:
Kitchin, Thomas
Attributed Author:
Rennell, James, 1742-1830
(Bengal, Bahar &c north)
