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Geographical, Historical, and Statisitcal Map of India - Hindoostan; or India
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Geographical, Historical, and Statisitcal Map of India - Hindoostan; or India
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English: This is an attractive 1821 map of India issued by Matthew Carey. Covers the subcontinent from Tibet Kashmir south to Sri Lanka or Ceylon. Color coded according to territory with British possessions or dependencies in red. Shows the locations and dates of no less than twenty-five battles from 1300 to 1804. Surrounded by text discussing the geography, climate, history and peoples of India. Drawn by J. Aspin. Published by Matthew Carey & Son as plate no. 65 in the 1821 third Philadelphia edition of Lavoisne’s Genealogical, Historical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas.
Date 1821 (dated)
Dimensions height: 17 in (43.1 cm); width: 21 in (53.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,17U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,21U218593
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Geographicus link: India-carey-1821
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Lavoisine, C. V., Lavoisne's Genealogical, Historical, Chronological And Geographical Atlas. (1821 Philadelphia Edition).

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