SOUTHEASTERN ASIA INDIA SRI LANKA 1773 KITCHIN ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED MAP

A General Map of India, including the Empire of Hindostan, with Kingdom of Benagl & its other dependencies 1773
Engraved by T. Kitchin.

Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1773 Thomas Kitchin's copper engraved map ofSouth East Asia. The map encompasses the region from India to Southern China. Covers also Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Maldives, parts od Malaysia, Tibet and surrounding countries.The map notes cities, towns, rivers, lakes, bays, islands and reliefs. A decorative-style title cartouche and two mileage scales adorn the map.

Date: 1773 ( dated ) 

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 42 x 36

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. paper with chains. Map uncolored. Small foxing. Map folded.Conditions are as you can see in the images.

Mapmaker: Thomas Kitchin (August 4, 1718 – June 23, 1784) was a London based engraver, cartographer, and publisher. He was born in London to a hat-dyer of the same name. At 14, Kitchin apprenticed under Emanuel Bowen, under whom he mastered the art of engraving. He married Bowen daughter, Sarah Bowen, and later inherited much of his preceptor's prosperous business. Their son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, also an engraver joined the family business, which thereafter published in Thomas Kitchin and Son. From 1858 or so Kitchin was the engraver to the Duke of York, and from about 1773 acquired the title, 'Royal Hydrographer to King George III.' He is responsible for numerous maps published in the The Star, Gentleman's Magazine, and London Magazine, as well as partnering with, at various times, with Thomas Jefferys, Emmanuel Bowen, Thomas Hinton, Issac Tayor, Andrew Dury, John Rocque, Louis de la Rochette, and Alexander Hogg, among others. Kitchin passed his business on to his son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, who continued to republish many of his maps well after his death. Kitchin's apprentices included George Rollos, Bryant Lodge, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, Samuel Turner Sparrow, John Page, and Francis Vivares.