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http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/courses/2015/HUM54/files/original/3b005f073e7ac5f971b7fd4f4f3f2556.png
The bottom of the map provides information about the date and place of publication, which is essential when "reading" this map.
John Arrowsmith's map of India from 1832.
http://dighist.fas.harvard.edu/courses/2015/HUM54/files/original/f0dd834209dc6bb02798be0b2cf4e15c.png
Hindustan (what the country of India is often referred to as by its natives) is spelled as "Hindoostan" on this map. Even a deeper search of the word's usage around this time rendered very little evidence of this spelling.
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