Description: A map of British India during the reign of King George II (1727–1760) and British Major–General Robert Clive's campaigns in India (1744–1774). The map shows Calcutta as the capital at the time, and shows the territory of Bengal extending from the Indus and Sutlej rivers in the west to the mouth of the Ganges River in the east, and the territories of Bombay, Madras, Aracan, and Tenasserim. Major cities, rivers, and the boundaries of Nepal and Bootan along the Himalaya Mountains are shown.
Place Names: India , Kolkata, Mumbai, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Hyderabad, Calcutta, Bombay, Mumbai
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
inlandWaters,
location,
oceans
Keywords: British India, physical, political, physical features, major political subdivisions,
country borders, boundaries,
inlandWaters,
location,
oceans, Unknown, 1744–1774
Source: John J. Anderson, Ph.D., A School History of England (New York, NY: Effingham Maynard and Co., 1889) 305
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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