What
is the book about?
This
is a coffee-table book filled with historical maps featuring India,
sourced from map archives and private collections from across the
world. The study of how India
has been mapped over the centuries, is inextricably linked to a study
of the country's history, the military and commercial interests in
the country and the very development of cartography itself.
Who
is it by?
Manosi
Lahiri is a geographer and author of several books.
Why
should I read it?
This
book is a treasure trove of information for anybody interested in
history, exploration and cartography. Painstakingly compiled over six
years, the book covers subjects ranging from Indian cosmographic
traditions, European maps of the 1500s, the days of 'graphic designer
cartographers' who had never visited the country they depicted and the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India that took 40
years to complete.
An edited version of the article was published in Culturama's October 2012 Issue.
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