Plan du Port de Bombay.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
1840 (dated) 1 : 76000 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...