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Here we see Bombay with some of its neighboring lands. It's essential to dive into the use of spelling here as a method used by Arrowsmith to view India from a British lens.

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.

A shoe structure from the nursery rhyme There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe