1779 The East Indies... British Dominions of the Continent of India

The East Indies including more particularly the British Dominions of the Continent of India By: John Blair Date: 1773 (Published) London Dimensions: 16.5 x 22 inches (42 x 55.9 cm) This is a highly detailed, antique map of the Indian Subcontinent, the Bay of Bengal, and surrounding territories. The map shows kingdoms, provinces, towns, rivers, lakes, bays, islands, mountain ranges, etc. It extends to Pegu and the tip of Sumatra in the east, the Himalayas and Tibet in the north and includes the Maldives and Persia.One aim of Blair’s atlas was to provide such a framework in order to facilitate better understanding of historical annals. In addition to providing chronology the atlas provides copious amounts of historical information divided into categories such as ‘Remarkable Events of Sacred History’, and ‘Remarkable Events of Profane History’, all of which are discussed in considerable detail. These divisions are further broken down to enumerate specific people, including kings, statesme