Mysore

From FIBIwiki
Revision as of 08:49, 7 January 2010 by Lee (talk | contribs) (Tidy Up - Explanatory- Sequential .)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Mysore
[[Image:|250px| ]]
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 12.3033°N, 76.645866°E
Altitude: 763 m (2,503 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mysore
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Mysore-Arsikere Railway
Mysore-Nanjangud Railway
Mysore State Railway

"Mysore, capital of the state of Mysore, India, 10 miles S.W. of Seringapatam on the Mysore State Railway."

Taxidermy in Mysore

Van Ingen and Van Ingen, based in Mysore was a leading taxidermy company . According to the Winter 2009 Newsletter of Friends Of The British Library, which introduces a proposed talk by Dr Pat A Morris author of Van Ingen and Van Ingen: Artists in Taxidermy, “This factory once employed 150 people, processing 400 tigers and 600 leopards each year” The factory operated from about 1900. It ceased to trade in 1990s but business had been in decline since the 1960s due to the laws restricting the hunting of endangered species – which included tigers. Further information can be found in the Wikipedia article Van Ingen & Van Ingen.

External links

"Mysore, India (Capital)" Love to Know 1911.

"Mysore" Wikipedia.