[INDIA Town plans CALCUTTA] Manuscript plan of Calcutta, 1847 (not to scale)

manuscript map, colour, 16 x 27 cm; not to scale; coloured to show Indian town, European town and Bhowanipore suburb 16 x 27 cm. Handwritten note states "this has been drawn from an old map by which the distance between the Cathedral and the LMS Bhowanipore Institution appears to be 1100 yards: but...

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Order number: CWM Map D 30:40 Calcutta (1)
Date(s) of creation: 7 Oct 1847
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_order_with CWM Map D 30:40 Calcutta (1)
callnumber CWM/LMS/09/14/029
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title [INDIA Town plans CALCUTTA] Manuscript plan of Calcutta, 1847 (not to scale)
scb_date_creation 7 Oct 1847
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description manuscript map, colour, 16 x 27 cm; not to scale; coloured to show Indian town, European town and Bhowanipore suburb 16 x 27 cm. Handwritten note states "this has been drawn from an old map by which the distance between the Cathedral and the LMS Bhowanipore Institution appears to be 1100 yards: but a recent survey makes the distance not to exceed 510 yards!"; note on reverse: "Included in letter from A F Lacroix [Alphonse Lacroix], Calcutta, 7 Oct 1847".
scb_access_status Open
language English
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