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Title : Maps and Prints
Level : collection / Reference : nlkmaps
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Notice types :
- Maps and plans
Organization :
Kolkata - National Library (the) (Kolkata - India) (Kolkata, INDIA)
Language :
English
Material Lang 1 :
Arabic
Material Lang 2 :
Hindi
Material Lang 3 :
Multiple languages
Scope content :
The library has a rich collection of maps. The collection ranges from 17th century onwards. Indian topographical sheets of earlier days (at scale of one inch, half inch and quarter inch to a mile) and maps of natural resources, population, transport and communication systems, agricultural production, Soil, Vegetation and Geology of India form the major part of the collection. At present the library has 85,000 printed maps, 54 cartographic manuscripts and 280 atlases
Geognames :
- Calcutta [other] (Kolkata])
Subject :
- 911 Historical geography (historical atlases)
- 912 - graphic representation of earth (atlas, maps and plans)
- 915 - Asian geography
- SPE-2- Cartography
Tags :
Date created :
08/03/2009 09:29:34
Last update :
08/04/2009 18:16:24
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Kolkata - National Library (the) (Kolkata - India)
collection : Maps and Prints (Ref : nlkmaps)
