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A Close-up of a portion of "Cook's Plan of Bombay., including the Walkeshwar region and Malabar Hill. A mix of meticulously drawn small roads, buildings, trees and terrain.
A Close-up of a portion of "Cook's Plan of Bombay., including the Walkeshwar region and Malabar Hill. A mix of meticulously drawn small roads, buildings, trees and terrain.
Two maps of the Indian coast with an accompanying description.
This is another map from around the same time to look at for comparison.
1922 city map of Constantinople, created by French cartographers. One complete map, and one zoomed in snapshot of the neighbourhood of Pera
1922 city map of Constantinople, created by French cartographers. One complete map, and one zoomed in snapshot of the neighbourhood of Pera
The bottom of the map provides information about the date and place of publication, which is essential when "reading" this map.
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 a photograph of the first Indian National Congress in 1885, a critical step in India's struggle for independence.
This is a map of Bombay from 1893 that is also titled "The Island of Bombay," reflecting the land reclamations