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*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/maps/asia/ioruxu1226u1854.html Calcutta Map 1854]. Published by Samuel Smith & Co for the ''New Bengal Directory''. British Library Online Gallery
*[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001691/images/index.html ''Plan of Calcutta, shewing the latest improvements as existing in 1854 ; with part of the environs, Calcutta, 1854''] by R Smyth. This map has images for the four quarters: [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001691/image_1 RH top quarter], [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001691/image_2 LH top quarter], [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001691/image_3 RH bottom quarter] [http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00001691/image_4 LH bottom quarter]. The River Hoogly is on the left hand side of this map. The maps may use a Tiff format. If so you may need a plug-in to be able to see them, see [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books- Digital Library of India]] for more details. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Bavarian State Library
*''Plan of Calcutta from actual survey in the years 1847-1849, revised to 1857'', by Frederick Walter Simms, published 1858. Library of Congress. [http://www.loc.gov/item/2005634004/ Webpage 1] [http://hdlwww.loc.gov/loc.gmdresource/g7654c.ct001429 / Webpage 2]
*Ian Poyntz’ [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html#index Historical Maps of India] contains 1893 and 1924 maps of Calcutta, and the environs (Scroll down)
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=55 Calcutta Map 1909] Digital South Asia Library,University of Chicago.
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