Ref NoLDGSL/1008/164
TitleDraft of Greenough's Map of India
Date[1846-1851]
Date NoteDates of colouring given by Chris Toland, 2022.
LevelItem
Extent11 sheets + index mounted as 1
FormatMap/section
DescriptionMap of India, engraved by J & C Walker, published by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK); C Knight & Co, 1846. Geological colouring with annotations and a key, [1846-1851]. Scale-1:2,300,000, 150cm x 120cm. Dissected on cloth.
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ProvenanceGreenough bequest
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteMap is referred and reproduced in Toland, C, “George Bellas Greenough’s General Sketch of the Physical and Geological Features of British India (1854, 1855): Its production, distribution, variants and survivorship”, Earth Sciences History, 2022.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameSociety for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | 1826-1848
J & C Walker | fl 1820-1895 | engravers, draughtsmen and map publishers
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
DS/UK/844J & C Walker; fl 1820-1895; engravers, draughtsmen and map publishersfl 1820-1895
DS/UK/633Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; 1826-18481826-1848
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CodePlaceName
NA165India
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