Johnson`s Hindoostan or British India

Alvin Jewett Johnson and Ross C Browning, Johnson's Hindoostan or British India, New York: Johnson and Ward, Circa 1861
13.5 x 16.5 in (33.7 x 41.2 cm)

A superb original colour map of Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia by Johnson and Browning, with typical strapwork style border common to Johnson Atlases. Various countries shown have been depicted in various colours, as well as there are extensive details of roads, cities, town, river systems. The map has three inset maps of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta, with vignette of the Government House and Treasury in Calcutta at the upper left corner.

"Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), also known as A.J. Johnson, led the New York City publishing company which published Johnson's Family Atlases from 1860 to 1887. These atlases were published under his name alone or with Browning (1860-62) and Ward (1862-1866)". (Source: Wikipedia)

Johnson started publishing atlases in 1860. He was a book canvasser who earlier sold maps and atlases and later started publishing them.

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