JAMES WYLD
INDIA SHEWING THE POST ROADS AND DAWK STATIONS
Year: 1850Size: 79.5 x 57.4 cm (31.3 x 22.6 inches)
Map of India shewing the post roads and Dawk stations. This rare map of the subcontinent focuses on the infrastructure of the region, showing the latest development of roads, rail, and telegraph. This was published in London by James Wyld and first appeared in Wyld’s atlas in 1849.
This map of India is highly detailed, focusing on the Post Roads and Dawk Stations, published shortly after the construction of the first Indian Railroads.
The map is colour-coded to show ‘British Possessions in pink’, ‘Subsidiary States in green’, ‘Protected States in yellow’, ‘Independent States in orange’.
Here ‘Dawk Station’ refers to a postal station or relay point in the Indian postal system
James Wyld Sr. (1790-1836) was a British cartographer and one of Europe’s leading mapmakers. He made many contributions to cartography, including the introduction of lithography into map printing in 1812.
William Faden, another celebrated cartographer, passed down his mapmaking business to Wyld in 1823. The quality and quantity of Faden’s maps, combined with Wyld’s considerable skill, brought Wyld great prestige.
Wyld was named geographer to Kings George IV and William IV, as well as HRH the Duke of York. In 1825, he was elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. Also in 1830, his son, James Wyld Jr., took over his publishing house. Wyld Sr. died of overwork on October 14, 1836.
James Wyld Jr. (1812–87) was a renowned cartographer in his own right, and he successfully carried on his father’s business. He gained the title of Geographer to the Queen, and H.R.H. Prince Albert. Punch (1850) described him in humorous cartographic terms: “If Mr. Wyld’s brain should ever be discovered (we will find bound he has a map of it inside his hat), we should like to have a peep at it, for we have a suspicion that the two hemispheres must be printed, varnished, and glazed, exactly like a pair of globes.”
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
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