Viage pintoresco a las orillas de los rios Ganges y Jumna, en la India Oriental : representdo en veinte y cuatro estampas : con su esplicacion, y una noticia historica de La India.
Alternate Title(s):
picturesque tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna. Spanish
Published / Created:
Londres : Lo publica R. Ackermann, 1827.
Physical Description:
8 p., XXIV leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Spanish translation of Forrest's A picturesque tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna, 1824. Plate captions and imprints are that of the 1824 English edition.
Contents:
Hindoo pagodas below Barrackpore on the Ganges -- Hindoo village on the Ganges, near Ambooah -- Ghaut of Cutwah on the Ganges -- Part of the city of Moorshedabad, ancient capital of Bengal -- Mountains of Rajemahal, where they descend to the Ganges -- The Mootee Girna, or Falls of Pearls, in the Rajemahal Hills -- The Rocks of Colgong -- Ancient tomb at the confluence of the Boglipore Nullah and the Ganges -- Village on the Ganges above Boglipore -- The Fakeers' Rock at Sanguira near Sultangunge -- Village and Pagoda below Patra Azimabad -- Hindoo Ghaut on the Ganges -- City of Benares from the Ganges -- Sacred Tank and Pagodas near Benares -- Mahamedan Mosque and Tomb near Benares -- The Indian port of Chunar Ghur -- Raj Ghaut and Fort of Allahabad at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers -- Tombs near Etaya in the Doo-ab on the Jumna River -- Surseya Ghaut, Khanpore -- City of Lueknow, capital of the province of Oude, on the Goomty River -- Palace of the King of Delhi, taken from the principal mosque -- Grand gateway and tomb of the Emperor Acber at Secundra -- The Cuttur Minar in the ruins of Ancient Delhi -- The Taj Majal, tomb of the Emperor Shah Jehan and his Queen.
Subject Terms:
India -- Description and travel. | India -- History. | Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh) -- Pictorial works. | Yamuna Valley (India) -- Pictorial works. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. | Wood, C. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1827.
Contributors:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher. | Hunt, George, active 1824-1831, engraver. | Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-approximately 1825, engraver.