Calcutta

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (S.D.U.K), Calcutta, London: Chapman and Hall, 1842
12.5 x 15.5 in (31.2 x 38.7 cm)

A very finely steel-engraved plan of Calcutta (modern day Kolkata) incorporating significant detail of street and place names. It includes a reference Key to public buildings, churches and chapels and there are three engraved views of Writers Buildings, Government House, and Esplanade Row at the bottom of the sheet.

"The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was founded in London in 1826, mainly at the instigation of Whig MP Henry Brougham, with the object of publishing information to people who were unable to obtain formal teaching or who preferred self-education. It was a largely Whig organisation, and published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and similarly high-minded material for the rapidly-expanding reading public over twenty years until it was disbanded in 1846". (Source: Wikipedia)

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