{"product_id":"old-map-of-delhi-by-bartholomew-1893-red-fort-chandni-chowk-jama-masjid-kashmere-gate-yamuna","title":"Old Map of Delhi by Bartholomew, 1893: Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid, Kashmere Gate, Yamuna","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelhi and environs. Plate 47, compiled by J. G. Bartholomew for Constable’s Hand Atlas of India (1893), offers a richly resolved portrait of India’s storied capital at a transformative moment. This city map is remarkable for the way it knits Shahjahanabad’s Mughal core to emerging colonial arteries, showing roads, railways, bridges, canals, and public institutions with disciplined clarity. Hachures subtly render the Delhi Ridge and river terraces, while a refined palette organizes function and jurisdiction—most strikingly in the cantonments, highlighted in yellow. The Yamuna’s winding course anchors the composition, with crossings and embankments carefully plotted. As an urban document, it excels: neighborhoods, markets, parks, and landmark buildings are all keyed, allowing the reader to navigate from fortified gates to bazaars to administrative compounds with uncommon ease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the walled city, the map traces the mercantile spine of Chandni Chowk from the Red Fort to Fatehpuri, punctuated by side streets such as Hauz Qazi Road and Sitaram Bazar Road that braid into dense market quarters. Kashmere Gate and the environs of Delhi Junction are crisply defined, as are the precincts around Jama Masjid and Daryaganj, where Bahadurshah Zafar Marg skirts the line of the old fortifications. To the west, Paharganj Road funnels traffic toward Sadar Bazar and the caravan routes beyond, embodying Delhi’s age-old exchange with the hinterland. Notable parks and gardens—Roshanara Bagh and Qudsia Bagh among them—temper the urban fabric, while public buildings, courthouses, and schools appear as confident anchors in the civic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colonial imprint is mapped with unsentimental precision. Cantonments, picked out in yellow, ring the historic core and extend toward the Civil Lines, parade grounds, and officers’ quarters. Major thoroughfares—Minto Road, Feroz Shah Road, Tilak Marg, and Victoria Road—radiate toward new civic axes marked by Parliament Street, Rajpath, Shahjahan Road, and Windsor Place, conveying the geometry of governance and ceremony. Connaught Place emerges as a pivotal urban node tying commercial and administrative spheres, while Race Course Road hints at leisure and elite recreation. Railways stitch Delhi to the subcontinent: lines converge at the river crossing, marshalling yards, and stations, with the Old Yamuna Bridge uniting road and rail. Together, these layers chronicle the consolidation of imperial infrastructure against the palimpsest of Mughal Delhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWater and terrain, the city’s oldest shapers, are central to Bartholomew’s depiction. The Yamuna curves past Firoz Shah Kotla, its banks scored by embankments, ghats, and ferry points, while the Western Yamuna Canal and the Agra Canal are traced with lock, distributary, and bridge carefully symbolized. Wazirabad Road tracks the approach to the headworks upstream, situating Delhi within its hydraulic network. To the northwest, hachures dramatize the Delhi Ridge, with the Flagstaff Tower and Hindu Rao’s House commanding the higher ground—features that carry the memory of 1857 and the city’s strategic topography. Greenswards and public gardens soften the hardscape, from the Ridge’s wooded escarpment to civic parks that frame institutions along Lodhi Road and Tilak Marg, where tomb-gardens and new avenues meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ. G. Bartholomew’s authorship elevates the sheet from reference to revelation. Famed for cartographic exactitude and elegant symbology, he synthesizes survey data, toponyms, and administrative boundaries into an intelligible urban narrative. In Constable’s Hand Atlas of India, this plate stands out for the balance it strikes—scientific in its hachured relief, lucid in its color logic, and humane in its attention to markets, mosques, gardens, and schools. For historians, it fixes the encounter between Mughal legacy and British modernity; for urbanists, it illustrates the birth of axial planning along Shahjahan Road, Rajpath, and Connaught Place; for collectors, it is a consummate city map, dense with roads from Chandni Chowk and Kashmere Gate Road to Lodhi Road and Bhishmapitamah Road, each thread contributing to Delhi’s enduring tapestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreets and roads on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmeerpet Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnand Parbat Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBahadurshah Zafar Marg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBara Hindu Rao Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBhishmapitamah Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnaught Place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChandni Chowk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesh Bandhu Gupta Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeroz Shah Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGopal Das Saraf Marg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHauz Qazi Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eITO Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eK.G. Marg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKashmere Gate Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLawrence Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLodhi Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMandir Marg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinto Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaharganj Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParliament Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRace Course Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRajpath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRani Jhansi Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRouse Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShahjahan Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSitaram Bazar Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTilak Marg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictoria Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWazirabad Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWindsor Place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCantonments highlighted in yellow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor roads and railroads connecting various regions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks and public spaces indicated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLandmarks and important buildings marked throughout the map.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelief indicated through hachures illustrating terrain elevation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRivers and waterways depicted along with their courses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis map is part of \"Constable's Hand Atlas of India,\" first published in 1893 by Archibald Constable \u0026amp; Company. It showcases various political and physical aspects of Delhi and its surroundings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate of Creation: 1893.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker\/Publisher: J.G. John George Bartholomew, published by Archibald Constable \u0026amp; Company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBartholomew was known for his high-quality and detailed maps during the late 19th century, contributing significantly to the field of cartography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe map employs hachures to depict relief, enhancing the topographic understanding of the area. The use of a colorful palette adds aesthetic value.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis map is a significant historical document, reflecting the geographical and cultural landscape of India in the late 19th century and serving as a valuable reference for researchers and historians.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57718132113792,"sku":"UM00270420A","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57718132146560,"sku":"UM00270421A","price":202.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":57718132179328,"sku":"UM00270422A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":57718132212096,"sku":"UM00270423A","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57718132244864,"sku":"UM00270424A","price":202.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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