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John Arrowsmith, a famous cartographer.

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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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An Ngram search showing that the "proper" spelling of Hindustan was alive and well in usage in British English at the time.

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