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'Sketch Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops in the Presidencies of Bengal,...
Catalogue reference: IOR/X/405/1-2
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This record is a file about the 'Sketch Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops in the Presidencies of Bengal,... dating from c 1860-1863.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/X/405/1-2
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Title (The name of the record)
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'Sketch Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops in the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras & Bombay. 1863.' Information supplied by the Quartemaster General's Department.
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Date (When the record was created)
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c 1860-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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One map on 2 lithographed sheets with manuscript additions, mostly detailing military positions; many of these additions have been drawn on to paper and pasted on to the lithographed sheet. . Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and rock drawing, roads, railways, canals, settlements, place names, administrative boundaries troop dispositions. The lithographed base map is by John Walker with some text erased; canals and railways date it to c 1860. An 1864 edition of this map is filed at Maps 52410.(33.).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 map sheets.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolour; 167 x 85cm and 168 x 86cm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9ae9b8ac-267e-45ea-aa13-ba9ba04fc942/
Series information
IOR/X/1-4999
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
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India Office reference collection of maps
Within the series: IOR/X/1-4999
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
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'Sketch Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops in the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras & Bombay. 1863.' Information supplied by the Quartemaster General's Department.