Calcutta au XIXe

Calcutta 1832
Map of the city and environs of Calcutta constructed chiefly from Major Schalch’s map
and from Captain Prinsep’s Surveys of the suburbs (source JCF)
http://qz.com/478308/heres-what-indias-biggest-cities-looked-like-centuries-ago/

Calcutta en 2015 d'après Google Maps ( le Nord est à gauche)

An exhibition in Delhi lends a perspective on the cities' past in India
http://qz.com/478308/heres-what-indias-biggest-cities-looked-like-centuries-ago/

Calcutta 's history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kolkata
version française à enrichir : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta#Histoire

Calcutta au XIXe en images
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kolkata_in_the_19th_century

Historical images
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_images_of_Kolkata

Grain boats near Alipore bridge in Calcutta
http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/06/grain-boats-alipore-bridge-calcutta.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grain_boats_near_Alipore_bridge_in_Calcutta_by_Francis_Frith.jpg

L'article reproduit également des plans de Delhi en 1857 et en 1913
et de Bangalore en 1794

Pour Bombay / Mumbai, consulter Wikipedia et le site Old Indian Photos

Mumbai 1888 map
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mumbai

History of Mumbai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mumbai

Bombay au XIXe
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mumbai_in_the_19th_century

Bombay landscape by Francis Frith
http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2010/11/bombay-mumbai-landscape-19th-century.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bombay_landscape_by_Francis_Frith.jpg
http://www.oldindianphotos.in/search/label/Mumbai?max-results=5



31.08.2015 : Cosmology to Cartography - Mapping India - expo National Museum New Delhi 2015
http://clioweb.canalblog.com/archives/2015/08/31/32561501.html

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