A detailed Victorian map of Burma

ARROWSMITH, John.

Map of Burmah, and Adjacent countries, compiled from various M.S. and other documents, by John Arrowsmith. 1858 with additions to September 1875.
London: Edward Stanford, 1875. Steel-engraved map, dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 840 x 555mm, folded into original cloth covers.

Small areas of faint foxing.

A map of Burma originally published shortly after the end of the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852-3), showing the country divided between Burma and 'British Burma' (Arakan and Pegu). A decade after this example was published Burma was totally absorbed into British India.


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