1840 (dated)
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Description
This is a rare 1840 / 1843 nautical chart or maritime map of Bombay / Mumbai harbor, India. The map covers from Salsette to Kundaree Island. Detail focuses heavily on the inner harbor, where thousands of depth soundings in meters and trigonometric survey lines are included. This chart, compiled from the survey work of India Navy Lieutenant Robert Cogan represents the first major scientific survey of Bombay Harbor since the late 18th-century work of Captain John Watson.
Looking at the MapMapping here is focused on the harbor of Bombay. The Indian ocean side of the island is simply ghosted in - suggesting incomplete survey work. The harbor-side is mapped in detail with the British stronghold, Fort George, clearly represented. To the north of the Fort, the Indian town of Bombay is also evident. Cartography extends inland little beyond the coast underscoring that the inland parts of Bombay Island were at this time still la
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Centre-forward Gibbons joined the Blues from QPR in May 1949 and made 13 appearances and scored three goals before moving on to Tottenham in March 1950.
Charlton-born Gibbons, who was in the army during and after the Second World War and was a troop lorry driver in Germany, began his career with Dartford in 1947 before quickly moving on to Loftus Road.
He spent three years with Spurs, although without breaking into the first team, before returning to Dartford where his career ended in 1958.