Superbly detailed wall map of India during the early days of the British Raj.

The map stretches from Afghanistan in the west to Burma in the east and from the Punjab in the north to Sri Lanka in the south. British colonies are coloured red, with independent states green, all other territory is under British protection. Complete railways are marked in red, with those under construction yellow; telegraph lines are marked in blue. At the time of the publication of the map the British Government had taken over control of the Indian territories from the East India Company, following the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The map shows the vast scale of the British Raj, its network of client states, together with extensive network of railways and telegraph lines.

The map was drawn and engraved by John Walker (fl.1813-1873) mapmaker, engraver, lithographer, draughtsman, publisher, and cartographer to the East India Company and subsequently the India Office.

Scale: (approx) 1 inch to 66 statute miles.