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John Thomson's map of Korea and Japan was engraved by John and George Menzies in 1814 and published in his ‘New General Atlas’ in 1815. Walter sugg...

John Thomson's maps, like this one of the Channel, are characteristic of the Edinburgh school of cartography. It flourished at the beginning of the...

This map covers the southern part of the subcontinent (Mumbai is near the upper border), and includes the northern part of Sri Lanka. Pink denotes ...

Our example of the map has been annotated in ink to show the early expansion of the railway system, with railways completed and under construction....