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*Map of Calcutta from actual survey in the years 1847-1849 , by Frederick Walter Simms,revised to 1857, published 1858. Library of Congress [http://www.loc.gov/item/2005634004/ Webpage 1] [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7654c.ct001429 Webpage 2]
*[http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:2034408?buttons=y Calcutta Map 1852] Published In London under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by George Cox. [http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/maps/digitalmaps/ Harvard Digital Maps] (HOLLIS ID 011490122)
*[https://bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?c=viewer&bandnummer=bsb00001691&pimage=1&v=100&nav=&l=de ''Plan of Calcutta, shewing the latest improvements as existing in 1854 ; with part of the environs, Calcutta, 1854''] by R Smyth. Click through the images of this map for the four quarters, or the direct links are [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. With an alphabetical list of streets. 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*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/maps/asia/ioruxu1226u1854.html ''Plan of Calcutta, shewing the latest improvements as existing in 1854 ; with part of the environs, Calcutta Map , 1854'']. Published by Samuel Smith & Co for the ''New Bengal Directory''. British Library Online Gallery
*[http://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Kolkata Old Maps of Kolkata] oldmapsonline.org. Includes links to a number of maps, including some from the British Library’s 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://www.loc.gov/resource/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)
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