Saturday, 18 February 2023

Franklin and his Map of Singapore

 


The map above was drawn by James Franklin, the Assistant Quarter-Master General of the Bengal Army in Kolkata (Calcutta), What was the Assistant Quarter-Master General of the Bengal Army (Kolkata) doing drawing maps of Singapore?


A true civil servant. While on leave, still working!

This would be the first complete (and quite accurate!) map of Singapore. Done 2 years after Raffles established Singapore as a British port/settlement.


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