New Map of Indostan or East Indies agreeable to the latest Authorities By T. Kitchin Geogr. Hydrographer to his Majesty, Engraved for Millar‘s [George Henry] New Complete & Universal System of Geography

Circa 1770

Later hand-coloured copper engraving on paper

Without mount: 13.7 x 15.1 in (35 x 38.5 cm)
With mount: 20 x 21.4 in (51 x 54.5 cm)

Rare map of India, published for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography, George Henry Millar, London

Thomas Kitchin (also Kitchen; 1719–1784)
He was an engraver and cartographer from Britain. Kitchin was the oldest child born in a family of several in Southwark, England. From 1732 until 1739, he worked as an apprentice for map engraver Emanuel Bowen. In December 1739, he wed Sarah, Bowen's daughter. By 1741, Kitchin was operating on his own, and in 1746, he started hiring apprentices for his company. Beginning in 1754, he apprenticed his son Thomas Bowen Kitchin. By 1755, Kitchin had settled in Holborn Hill, where his company produced a wide range of engraved goods, such as caricatures and portraits. In 1762, he wed Jane, his second wife. Kitchin was referred to as the King's Hydrographer starting in 1773; his son subsequently held this role as well. Until the end of his life, he kept making maps after retiring to St Albans.

Throughout his career, Kitchin, a prolific engraver renowned for his technical proficiency, crisp text, and striking etched ornamentation, produced a number of significant pieces. In 1746, he created John Elphinstone's map of Scotland, and in 1748–1749, he created Geographia Scotiae, the first pocket atlas of Scotland. Together with Thomas Jefferys, another of Bowen's trainees, he co-published The Small English Atlas in 1749. Together with Emanuel Bowen, he serialised The Large English Atlas from 1749 until 1760. The latter was the first serious attempt to comprehensively cover the entire country and the most significant county atlas since the Elizabethan period. The significant John Mitchell map of North America, which was utilised at the Paris and Versailles peace negotiations, was engraved by Kitchin in 1755. He created the twelve-sheet road map of England and Wales in 1770 and the designs for New York by Bernhard Ratzer in 1769–1770. He released The Traveler's Guide through England and Wales in 1783.

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