Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire During Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah 1720–1748

1780

Geography

Muhammad Shah 1720–1748

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Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire. With an introduction illustrative of the geography and present division of that country. To which is added an appendix, containing an account of the Ganges and Burrampooter rivers
By James Rennell (1742-1830)
Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for the author, London - 1780

Major James Rennell, FRS FRSE FRGS (3 December 1742 � 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.

Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as accurate outlines of India and served as Surveyor General of Bengal. Rennell has been called the Father of Oceanography. In 1830 he was one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society in London.

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Map of India, 1788 - by James Rennel

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