Map of the mouth of the Ganges and the Hougli station.

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Map of the mouth of the Ganges and the Hougli station.

Anoniem / Anonymous

Map of the mouth of the Ganges and the Hougli station.

With a note on the reverse: Een gedeelte van Bengala, beginnende van de Moordenaarshoek &a en de groote rievier beginnende van de hoek na op waarts tot de Hollandse en Engelse logie.

With ancillary chart showing the lower reaches down to Chinsura (ca. 1:350.000), top West.

Indicated opposite Pipely on this chart is the small town of Ballipaal and Hollandse logen.

Please contact Bodel Nijenhuis / Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden for reuse and copyrights.

Is part of:

Baleshwar Hougly Baliapal

Creator

Anoniem / Anonymous (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1675-1700

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

71,5 × 101 cm71,5 × 101 cm

Number

COLLBN 006-14-016

Owner

Bodel Nijenhuis / Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial

Sources and literature

Vries, Dirk de, Uit de kaartenwinkel van de VOC: Catalogus van zeekaarten van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie in de collectie Bodel Nijenhuis (1996)