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The Historical Map Time Machine & Atlas
High-resolution cartographic surveys charting the morphological growth of Calcutta, the changing river channels of the Hooghly and Padma, and the evolving administrative boundaries of Bengal.
Milestone Surveys:
1784: Plan of the Settlement of Ca...
Plan of the Settlement of Calcutta (1784) (1784)
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Selected Cartographic Landmark
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These primary pins represent defensive fortifications, colonial council buildings, native merchant corridors, and vanished ditches surveyed in this edition.
Cartographic Record
- Cartographer / Surveyor
- Lt. Col. Mark Wood
- Publication Year
- 1784
- Administrative Entity
- Bengal Presidency, Presidency Division
- Survey Scale
- Scale of 2000 Feet to One Inch
- Original Holding
- British Library Maps / David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- Licensing
- public domain
Archival Boundary Significance:
Crucial primary map charting the defensive bastion trace of Fort William, the open Esplanade field of fire, and the Chitpur road corridor.