Rennell Map India (3 results)

4to. 7.25 x 9.75 in. which holds a 32-panel linen backed colour-printed map which folds out into double atlas folio sized map, sized 36.5 x 53 in. Mounted within Navy-blue linen portfolio, printed label w/ manuscript annotations on front cover indicating the sheet number (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), still NF copy. First edition, thus, of this map of Bangalore prepared under the auspices of the Survey of India, Office of the Director in the opening years of World War I. This remarkable topographical map featuring a scale of 1" to 1 mile is based on the surveys first launched by William Lambton in the 19th Century known as the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, led successively by Lambton, George Everest, Andrew Waugh, and James Walker. These fulfilled the premise that geodetic survey was the only option for accurate maps of large areas, and much of this work in the survey of India was based upon the base lines in Bangalore, originally measured by Warren, and the base lines of Kumta by De Penning. These original linen-backed survey maps of India from the early 20th Century have become quite scarce. No copies located in Worldcat; See; Rama Deb Roy, The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in a Historical Perspective, Pre-Census Population Studies Unit, Indian Journal of History of Science (1986), Vol. 21 (1), pp. 22-32.

Very good. A few minor marginal mends; margin reinstated to one corner. Measurements represent the total dimensions of the map, as if joined. Currently unjoined, as issued, can be joined as a wall map upon request for an additional fee. Size 46.75 x 56.25 Inches. This is Franz Anton Schrämbl's 1788 map of India. This scarce, magnificently-engraved map is a faithful rendition of James Rennell's masterful 1782 Map of Hindoostan , the finest 18th century map of the subcontinent, capturing the best surveys of India available during the period in which the British East India Company held sway. Rennell's work, based on the first scientific surveys of India, presented the region in a matchless degree of detail. By adopting this map as his source, Schrämbl was choosing the absolute state-of-the-art of India mapping. One of the first Austrian world atlases, Schrämbl's Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas presented the works of the best cartographers of the day: D'Anville, Kitchin, the Berlin Academy of Sciences and the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences all shared the pages of this monumental work with Rennell. A Vital Tool of Colonialism The map produced by the EIC utilized the best techniques of trigonometrical, military, and topological surveying available. The unprecedented detail was much sought after, as rival European powers - at this point, primarily the British and the French - vied over land claims in India, dividing the region and extracting revenue. Maps of this quality were essential not only for military affairs, but also for administration. Rennell's map, which was the first map of India based on physical surveys rather than anecdotes, would have been considered essential. The Cartouche Schrämbl's map is faithful not only to the cartography but to the iconography as well: the beautiful cartouche is a close copy. With a pedestal of British Victory behind her, a helmeted and armed Britannia is depicted in the process of bestowing upon Hindu Brahmins a book, as Sepoys, (Indian soldiers in service to Britain,) look on. The book is labeled Shaster , a transliteration of ' Shastra , a Sanskrit word meaning 'precepts' or 'rules' - a glimpse of what would often be the British patriarchal justification for their rule in India as it passed from the EIC to the crown. Publication History and Census Schrämbl executed this masterful edition of Rennell's Map of Hindoostan in 1788, and included the map's four sheets - joined in pairs, as here - in his 1800 Allgemeiner Grosser Atlas in 1800. OCLC shows separate map catalogued in only ten institutional collections; the complete atlas is shown only in three, the Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin, the Institut Fuer Laender Bunde, and the Universiteit Leiden. References: Rumsey 12498.158. OCLC 165429431.

Very good. Original centerfold. Size represents sheets if joined. Can be joined on request for an additional fee. Size 40 x 33 Inches. This is James Rennell's magnificent mapping of the Indian subcontinent, one of the largest and most impressive maps of India to appear in the 18th century. Highly desirable third edition. Presented in two panels, as issued. This chart depicts the subcontinent from Bombay (Mumbai) and Aurangabad, south to include the northern half of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Color coded according to political territory, noting British Possessions (red), the territory claimed by the independent holdout Rajah of Mysore (Purple), the Marhatta Countries (Green), the Nizam Dominions (Orange), the Carnatick (Yellow), and the Travancore (Blue). Includes the routes of various military marches and campaigns relating to the British conquest of India, including the 1784 March of British Prisoners from Condapoor to Madras, the March of the Marquis of Cornwallis, the March of General Medows, and the March of General Abercromby. Also shows the acquisitions of the British through the Partition Treaty of 1792. This map was engraved by R. Baker and printed in by William Faden, 'Royal Geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales.' The whole is masterfully presented in visually stunning almost three dimensional engraving and stunning period color. A must for any serious collection of South Asia maps. Compiled by James Rennell from papers communicated by the late Sir Archibald Campbell, the surveys of Col. Kelly, Capt. Pringle, Capt. Allan, etc. References: Rumsey 2104.047, 2104.048. Phillips (atlases) 6010, 6013, 6047. National Library of Australia, MAP RM 1792. Rennell, James, Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; or the Mogul Empire, London, 1792. Edney, M. H., Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Fonstruction of British India, 1765-1843.