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British Possessions in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia Connected with England by the India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company
British Possessions in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia Connected with England by the India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company

British Possessions in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia Connected with England by the India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company

Maker
Date1847
Object number00003875
NameBook
MediumInk on paper, leatherbound board
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 218 x 138 mm, 0.2 kg
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionBook prepared by Robert Montgomery Martin titled 'British Possessions in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia Connected with England by the India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company. Prepared at the Request of the Committee by the Author of the "History of the British Colonies"'. Two quotes appear beneath the title one by Sir Robert Peel, the other by the Bishop of Madras. Published in London by W.H. Allen and Co., 1847. The book includes a foldout map detailing the route of the India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company, a foldout chart noting 'British Possessions in Europe, Africa, Asia, Brought into a Chain of Communication with England by the India and Australia Mail Steam Packet Company'.