A containing maps of the theatre of war and commerce on that side of Hindoostan Rennell, James, 1742-1830 cartographer Harrison, William, approximately 1750-1803 engraver cartographic atlas cartographic image Atlases. Maps. enk 1780 monographic [London] : [James Rennell], publisher MDCCLXXX, [1780] eng

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1 atlas (8 pages, [i] leaf, [I]-XIII folded leaves of plates) : hand colored maps ; 29 cm [i]. A map of Bengal and Bahar in VIII parts -- [I]. The Delta of the Ganges with the adjacent countries on the east : comprehending the southern inland navigation -- No. II. The Jungleterry District with the adjacent provinces of Birboom, Rajemal, Boglipour &tc. : comprehending the countries situated between Moorshedabad and Bahar -- No. III. A map of South Bahar, including the course of the Ganges to Chunargur -- No. IV. A map of North Bahar -- No. V. The northern provinces of Bengal, with the Bootan, Morung & Assam frontiers -- No. VI. The low countries beyond the Ganges, from the Maldah River to Silhet : comprehending the midland and eastern inland navigation -- No. VII. The provinces of Bengal situated on the west of the Hoogly River : with the Maharatta frontier -- No. VIII. The conquered provinces on the south of Bahar : containing Ramgur, Palamow & Chuta-Nagpour, with their dependencies. compiled from the original surveys and published by order of the Honorable the Court of Directors for the Affairs of the East India Company by James Rennell, late Major of Engineers, and Surveyor General in Bengal. Shows western South Asia from the Bhutan border in the north to the Dacca region in the south, and from Uttaranchal in the west to the Dacca region in the east. Relief shown pictorially. Map [i] is a graphic index to the maps in the atlas. Identified as the first edition of this atlas in "List of geographical atlases." In lower right of most maps: W. Harrison fc. Maps are general maps and do not show military activity. Prime meridian: Calcutta. LC copy imperfect: Map II detached. DLC LC copy bound in modern beige paper covered boards with burgandy leather spine. DLC Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Scales differ. South Asia Maps South Asia G2260 R4 1780 Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/gmdatlases.2025367042 3201 2025367042 rda DLC 250423 20250607133618.6 24167394 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng