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John Arrowsmith's map of India from 1832.

Film excerpt of streets in Mumbai from Italian documentary film "Matri Bhumi"

Film excerpt of streets in Mumbai from Italian documentary film "Matri Bhumi"

A photo of British and Indian Officers of the 21st Bombay Infantry, 1880.

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.

This is another map from around the same time to look at for comparison.

This zoomed-in version of the map allows us to compare spellings with the Arrowsmith map, thereby allowing to see the Anglicism of the original map in question.

The bottom of the map provides information about the date and place of publication, which is essential when "reading" this map.