WYLD, JAMES
HIND, HINDOOSTAN, OR INDIA
Year: 1800
Size: 23 x 31.6 inches
Year: 1800Size: 58.7 x 80.5 cm (23 x 31.6 inches)
Third Edition with Considerable Improvements 1st June 1800.
Fine example of this separately issued map of India and part of SE Asia, showing the extent of British territorial control in the early part of the 19th century.
This highly detailed map extends from the Indus Delta eastward to the west coast of Burma, and from Kabul to south of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and the Maldive Islands.
Colored borders indicate British and neighboring territories. Elaborate pictorial cartouche in lower right, has title in a shaded oval surrounded by an elephant, tropical foliage, and palm trees, with an inscription in a ribbon at the bottom. Another cartouche with scales of distance is in the upper right corner.
The map was was originally engraved in 1788 by de la Rochette for William Faden, and updated in 1800 following the surveys and descriptions of Tieffenthaller, Anquetil du Perron and Kelly. This edition is a later update published by James Wyld, the successor to Faden. While the map appears occasionally on the market, separately issued examples are quite rare.
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 map making 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 be ever discovered (we will be 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.’
William Faden (1749-1836), was a prominent London mapmaker and publisher. He worked in close partnership with the prolific Thomas Jeffreys from 1773 to 1776. In 1783, Faden assumed ownership of the Jeffreys firm and was named Geographer to the King in the same year. Faden specialized in depictions of North America and also commanded a large stock of British county maps, which made him attractive as a partner to the Ordnance Survey; he published the first Ordnance map in 1801. The Admiralty also admired his work and acquired some of his plates which were re-issued as official naval charts. After retiring in 1823 the lucrative business passed to James Wyld, a former apprentice.
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| Nickname | Amount(Rs) | Type | Date & Time(IST) | |
| 1 | anon0290 | 99000.00 | Regular | 27-11-2025 08:11:21 PM IST |