The most accurate chart of Mumbai to date

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A Plan of Bombay Harbour

Principally Illustrative of the Entrance Constructed from measured Bases, and a Series of Angles, taken in 1803 & 1804

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HORSBURGH, James
London,
James Horsburgh,
March 5th, 1806.
Engraved chart, coastal profiles, remarks below title.
640 by 965mm (25.25 by 38 inches).
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Rare first edition of Horsburgh's chart of Mumbai, the most accurate chart of Mumbai to date.

The present chart is one of the first to bear Horsburgh's imprint. Having returned from the Far East to London in 1806, he was encouraged by several noblemen, to publish his work independently. Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, and to whom the present chart is dedicated, was one such gentleman. The chart is based upon Horsburgh's survey carried out by him in 1803 and ...