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'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of the Troops of the Bengal, Madras...
Catalogue reference: IOR/X/406
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the 'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of the Troops of the Bengal, Madras... dating from 1867.
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Full description and record details
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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/406
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Title (The name of the record)
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'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of the Troops of the Bengal, Madras & Bombay Presidencies'. 'July and August 1867. Topog[raphical]. Depôt, War Office.' - India Office map catalogue.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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Portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, distances between significant settlements, place names, administrative boundaries, and military depots and dispositions. Bears the note 'Lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office under the Superintendence of Lt. Coll. A.C. Cooke C.B. R.E. Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E: F.R.S: &c. Director.'.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Cooke, Anthony Charles, Lieutenant-General RE, 1826-1905 ; James, Henry, Knight, Director-General Ordnance Survey, surveyor, 1803-1877
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 map sheet.
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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 watercolour; 79 x 105cm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e8378b18-82bc-4ab6-8fb0-72be2a87e23e/
Series information
IOR/X/1-4999
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/X
India Office reference collection of maps
Within the series: IOR/X/1-4999
Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
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'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of the Troops of the Bengal, Madras & Bombay Presidencies'. 'July and August 1867. Topog[raphical]. Depôt, War Office.' - India Office map catalogue.