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C1882
Sketch Map of the Marhatta Country to Illustrate Sir Richard Temple’s Lecture.
Mapmaker:
H.Sharbau
Late C19th map of the western Indian coastline from Surat, Bombay to the south Karwar.
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Full Title:
Sketch Map of the Marhatta Country to Illustrate Sir Richard Temple’s Lecture.
Date:
C1882
Mapmaker:
H.Sharbau
Engraver:
W & A.K. Johnston
Condition:
Folds as issued
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
130mm
x 220mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1882
Description:
Late C19th map of the western Indian coastline from Surat, Bombay to the south Karwar.
Mapmaker:
Alexander Keith Johnston (1804 –1871).
Johnston was a Scottish cartographer educated the University of Edinburgh. He was apprenticed to the Edinburgh engraver and mapmaker, James Kirkwood.
In 1826 he and his brother William began in a printing and engraving business, forming the well-known firm of W. & A. K. Johnston. Johnston was a prolific mapmaker and publisher. He was soon professionally recognised by being appointed Geographer Royal of Scotland, in October 1849 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 1862 he was a founding member of the Meteorological Society of Scotland.
