A detailed chart of the Bay of Bengal

HOBBS, John Stratton.

A Chart of the Bay of Bengal, from False Point to Cheduba Island, with a Plan of the Port of Aktab and the Aracan River &c. Revised from the late Surveys by J.S. Hobbs, F.R.G.S. Hydrographer.
London, Charles Wilson, 1850. Touches of original colour. 650 x 940mm, backed on canvas with publisher's title label.

Dated in title altered to 1880 in ink mss.

A detailed chart of the Bay of Bengal from Chilka Lake east to Manuag Island in Burma. The focus is on the channels through the Sundarbans, including the entrances to the Hoogley River, the route to Calcutta, the main city of British India.


Stock ID : 17540