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The self-taught cartographer and his Hindi wall map of India
In his final blog for the year, Philip Jagessar writes about a Hindi wall map of India which was sent to the Society by a Calcutta-based mapmaker. The Royal Asiatic Society’s…A Cartographic “Guide for Strangers in Madras”
This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who provides an update on one of the earliest maps that the Society acquired which features a detailed town plan of Madras. Full…Translating an Ottoman Railway Map
This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who gives us an update on an interesting find he discovered within the Society’s map collections. Among the Society’s eclectic collection of foreign…![RAS Logo]()
‘Mapping’ the Society’s collection of cartographic material
This week’s blog is written by Philip Jagessar who has recently completed his PhD on the Linguistic Survey of India’s mapping. Philip has been awarded a J B Harley Research Fellowship which…Collections Summer Update
Traditionally, the Society is quieter than usual during the Summer months, due to the lower number of Events. But staff continue to work busily away, and in recent weeks we have been…
Cartographic discoveries across Asian collections
NACIRA Conference: This week, we attended the virtual conference of the National Committee for Information Resources on Asia. The committee was established in 2008 to provide a forum for professionals that work…
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