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'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops'. Created under the direction...

Catalogue reference: IOR/X/407/1-2

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Reference

IOR/X/407/1-2

Title

'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops'. Created under the direction of Major C.W. Wilson R.E. 1876, corrected to 1878.

Date

1878

Description

One map on 2 lithographed sheets enhanced with watercolour wash. Portrays hydrology, relief by occasional spot heights, roads, railways, settlements, place names, administrative boundaries, military stations and forts, and troop dispositions. Bears the note 'Lith[ographe]d. at the Quarter Master General's Dep[artment]t.'. A copy of the eastern sheet is also filed as the eastern portion of Maps 52430.(32.).

Related material

Reference to this item is made in:. India Office, A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of The Indian Surveys, deposited in The Map Room of the India Office (London: India Office, 1878) p.94 and filed at Maps 212.a.5

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language

English

Creator(s)
Wilson, Charles William, Knight, army officer, 1836-1905
Physical description

2 map sheets.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition

Printed, with manuscript additions in watercolour; 103 x 69cm.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2bfc9d50-eb52-4f88-afc7-87d45c01efce/

Series information

IOR/X/1-4999

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'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops'. Created under the direction of Major C.W. Wilson R.E. 1876, corrected to 1878.