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John Thomson: British India, Southern Part.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Thomson  (1777–1840)  wikidata:Q6260696
 
Description British geographer, cartographer and editor
Date of birth/death 1777 Edit this at Wikidata circa 1840
date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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artist QS:P170,Q6260696
Title
British India, Southern Part.
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English: This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts southern India. Covers from Bombay in the North to the northern part of Ceylon or Sir Lanka. Map is color coded according to the figures that dominated each region. British controlled areas are red, the territory of Nabob of Oude is orange, the Berar Rajah is green, the regions controlled by the King of Candy are brown, etc. Overall a spectacularly highly detailed map of this fascinating region. One of the finest maps of India to appear in the 19th century.
Date 1814
date QS:P571,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 20 in (50.8 cm); width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,25U218593
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Geographicus link: IndiaSouth-t-1814
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