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C1834
Central Asia comprising Bokhara, Cabool, Persia, The River Indus, & Countries Eastward of it.
Mapmaker:
Detailed map extending from modern day Iraq to India. With added extension sheet pasted to right hand side as issued. Rare
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Full Title:
Central Asia comprising Bokhara, Cabool, Persia, The River Indus, & Countries Eastward of it.
Date:
C1834
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Technique:
Image Size:
740mm
x 510mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1834
Description:
Detailed map extending from modern day Iraq to India. With added extension sheet pasted to right hand side as issued. Rare
John Arrowsmith (1790 - 1873)
Arrowsmith was an important English cartographer who flourished at a time of rapid British colonial expansion. Arrowsmith was born at Winston, County Durham. In 1810 he moved to London and worked his uncle Aaron Arrowsmith in his mapmaking business in London. After his uncle died in 1823 he set up on his own account. A founding member of the Royal Geographical Society 4th August 1830 and became unofficial cartographer for the society for forty three years. He took over the old Arrowsmith premises at 10 Soho Square after the death of his cousin Samuel Arrowsmith in 1839, buying the old Arrowsmith plates, manuscripts and copyrights at auction.
