Sunday, 6 July 2014

The evolving idea of India, captured by maps..

Five maps capture the shifting boundaries of India over two centuries.

The New York Public Library recently released more than 20,000 high-resolution historical maps, under a Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain licence. The collection contains maps from the 16th to 19th centuries, covering the US, New York and India.

Here are a few maps of India through the ages:

Depicts India in 1681.


India, or the Mogul's Empire - 1701.


Depicts an accurate map of Hindostan or India, from the best authorities - 1814.


Map of Hindoostan, Farther India, China, and Tibet in 1860.


Map of Asia, showing political divisions, and also the various routes of travel between London & India, China & Japan in 1860.

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