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Manuscript map of Burma
Title
[Manuscript map of Burma].
Production
[between 1830 and 1838]
Physical Description
1 map on 7 sheets : manuscript, color ; sheets 39 x 24 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:1,013,760 (E 91°00ʹ--E 98°15ʹ/N 27°00ʹ--N 16°05ʹ).
Notes
Manuscript map created by the East India Company of territory in Burma.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Color: pen and ink with blue and brown watercolors.
"Scale of miles 16 to the inch."
Includes note on the Kingdom of Rakhan which had conquered the western portion of the penninsula.
Accompanied by map encompassing the areas around the Padma River in the west and the Dhaleshwari River in the east in modern day Bangladesh (scale approximately 1:316,800).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 08, 2008
Subjects
Genre/Form
Manuscript maps.
Also listed under
East India Company.
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