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Major James Rennell FRS FRSE FRGS (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as accurate outlines of India and served as Surveyor General of Bengal.
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Printable version; Page information; ... 1776 Rennell - Dury Wall Map of Bihar and Bengal, ... Uploaded a work by James Rennell from An actual survey of the province ...
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James Rennell's 1776 map shows an earlier flow of the Teesta meeting the Ganges in three channels before a devastating flood in 1787 changed its course. In the past, the Teesta flowed south from Jalpaiguri in three channels: the Punarbhaba, Atrai and Karatoya Rivers.
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As Rennell proceeded to make maps, the lack of precise measurement was noticed. [1] In 1800, shortly after the Company victory over Tipu Sultan , William Lambton, an infantry soldier with experience in surveying, proposed to remedy precisely that, through a series of triangulations , initially through the newly-acquired territory of Mysore ...