1808 Smith Map of India
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Description: This is an attractive 1808 map of India by English map publisher Charles Smith. Covers the subcontinent from Bombay (Mumbai) south to include parts of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Highly detailed. Based on the Faden map of 1793. Divided according to the Princely States as they existed at this time. Predates the British Raj. Most likely engraved by E. Jones for Smith’s 1808 issued of the New General Atlas…
Date: 1808 (dated)
Source: Smith's new general atlas containing distinct maps of all the principal empires, kingdoms & states. (1808 edition)
Cartographer: Charles Smith (1800 - 1852) and Son was a late 19th and early 20th century publisher of atlases, pocket maps and charts of England. They issued several atlases including Smith's New English Atlas (1804, folio), England and Wales (1806), The New General Atlas (1808), and the New Pocket Companion to the Roads of England and Wales (1826). Smith's early work stylistically resembled the work of Pinkerton, Cary, and Thomson, though on a much smaller scale. After Charles Smith's death in 1852 the business was taken over by his son who continued to publish maps will into the 20th century. The younger Smith is best known for his introduction of the "Tape Indicator Map." This map, which came with a tape measure, enabled users to triangulate their location based coordinates given in an attached guide. C. Smith and Son had their office at 172 Strand Street, London. Click here for a list of rare maps from Charles Smith.
Size: Printed area measures 10.5 x 14 inches (26.67 x 35.56 centimeters)
Condition: Very good condition. Blank on verso.
Code: India-smith-1808 (Necessary for phone inquiries: 646-320-8650)
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