Printed in full color and designed with a perspective approach, the map presents a bird’s-eye view of India and part of Sri Lanka in which the major regions and mountain ranges-particularly the Himalayas, depicted with very pronounced perspective reliefs-emerge spectacularly, giving the whole an almost three-dimensional character. This particular way of depicting maps was popular in the nineteenth century to elicit a sense of visual wonder and facilitate understanding of the most impervious regions. Major cities (e.g., Bombay/Mumbai, Madras/Chennai, Calcutta/Kolkata, and Delhi) are often accompanied by small profiles, in some cases illustrated with idealized skylines showing characteristic fortifications and architecture. To further enliven the depiction, numerous sailing ships and vessels are noted in the surrounding seas, especially in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. At the bottom, a three-column table lists distances in English miles between Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, and major cities.
Published in London in 1858 by G. Abington was a newspaper salesman on Shoe Lane, near Fleet Street. His forays into map publishing seem to be limited to this one of India and “Abington’s Panoramic View Map of Delhi,” which shows the city under siege in 1857, during India Mutiny.
Abington’s Panoramic View Map of India
- Dimension: 54 x 32 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1858
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