Rennell's Map of Hindoostan (Bengal Atlas)
Mapa de Hindostán de Rennell (Bengal Atlas)
- Date
- 1779-1782 · confidence high
- Place
- Calcutta, West Bengal, India
- Credited to
- James Rennell
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What it is
The first modern map of the Indian subcontinent based on surveys on the ground, with rivers, roads and cities fixed by astronomical observations. It served the East India Company and later surveys.
Rennell was the first Surveyor General of Bengal; the Bengal Atlas dates from 1779 and the Map of Hindoostan from 1782, with data gathered under the Company's authority.
What it led to
- base mapping for British colonial government
- a push for the Survey of India and the Great Arc