Image: Britannia detail, Hindoostan (20118721954) (cropped)
Description: Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org. Author: Rennell, James Publisher: Rennell, James Date: 1782 Location: South Asia Dimensions: 78 x 79 cm Scale: Scale approximately 1:4,450,000 Call Number: G1015 .A85 1783 The depiction is described by Rennell as: Brittannia receiving into her Protection, the sacred Books of the Hindoos, presented by the Pundits, or Learned Bramins: in Allusion to the humane Interposition of the British Legislature in Favor of the Natives of Bengal, in the Year 1781. Brittannia is supported by a Pedestal, on which are engraven the Victories, by means of which the British Nation obtained, and has hitherto upheld, its Influence in India: amongst which, the two recent ones of Porto Novo and Sholingur, gained by General [Eyre] Coote, are particularly pointed out by a Sepoy to his Comrade
Title: Britannia detail, Hindoostan (20118721954) (cropped)
Credit: Hindoostan
Author: James Rennell
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