Overland route to India [cartographic material] / the map drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin ; the illustrations by H. Warren & engraved by J.H. Kernot.
Published / Created:
London ; New York : John Tallis & Company, [1851]
Physical Description:
2 maps on 1 sheet : color ; maps 14.8 x 21.6 and 13.6 x 22 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:21,000,000] -- (W 11°--E 40°/N 58°--N 27°).
Notes:
The first map shows routes from London to the Red Sea: the mail steam packet route; the Marseilles overland routes; the German overland route; and the Euphrates route. Each route is delineated in a different color . The second map shows routes from the Red Sea to Bombay or Colombo and then Calcutta and also a route from Cyprus to the Persian Gulf and Bombay. Also included are vignettes along the margins featuring Post Office, London; Gibraltar; Malta; Suez; Aden; Madras; and Bombay. Relief is shown by hachures.
Subject Terms:
India -- Maps. | Europe -- Maps. | Trade routes -- India.
Form/Genre:
Maps.
Contributors:
Kernot, J. H., engraver. | Warren, Henry, 1794-1879, ill. | Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868. | John Tallis & Company, publisher.