Old Map of Delhi and Northern India
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Old Map of Delhi, Agra, Oudh and Allahabad by James Rennell, 1777
Rennell’s regional map follows the rivers and settlements between Delhi and the Bengal provinces, with Agra, Oudh and Allahabad forming part of its broad northern Indian landscape. Coloured territories, closely engraved waterways and the Himalayan margins give the sheet considerable depth. Published in London by Andrew Dury in 1777, it is a regional survey map rather than a street plan of Delhi. Reproduced as a detailed fine art print and supplied unframed.
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Historical Background
The title of Rennell’s map names Delhi, Agrah, Oude and Ellahabad, preserving eighteenth-century spellings for a broad stretch of northern India. Its geography is organised around rivers, settlements and regional divisions, with the Bengal provinces to the east and the Himalayan country along the top. A substantial dedication connects the map directly with the East India Company, for which Rennell served as Surveyor General.
Map Details
- Original title: A Map of the Provinces of Delhi, Agrah, Oude, and Ellahabad
- Surveyor: Major James Rennell
- Publisher: Andrew Dury, London
- Engraver: William Haydon
- Date: 20 March 1777
The dense river network is one of the most useful ways into the sheet. Tributaries, bends and crossing routes connect places that otherwise seem lost among the fine lettering. Compare this closely described lowland geography with the less detailed mountain margins, where the map’s limits of information become more apparent.
Delhi occupies only part of the wider area. The title makes clear that the purpose was to connect the provinces between Delhi and Bengal, so the print is particularly suited to an interest in regional history rather than the architecture or streets of the city alone. The historical spellings also offer a way to compare the names used by the publisher with those familiar today.
The dedication and Company association place the survey within the growth of British commercial and political power in India. The map’s practical detail and its institutional purpose belong together; both help explain why so much attention was given to routes, waterways and provincial geography.