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Fryer, John (sold)


John Fryer (c. 1650 - March 31, 1733) was an English doctor and Fellow of the Royal Society, known for his descriptions of travel in Persia and East India. Fryer was born in London. He studied medicine at Trinity College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1672 he took a position as a surgeon for the British East India Company. He arrived in India in 1673, visiting Madras and Bombay. He spent 8 years traveling throughout Indian and Persia before returning to England in August of 1682. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697. He is credited with producing the first printed map of Bombay.
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First printed map of Bombay.

[Bombay].

1673 (dated)
10.5 x 6.5 in (26.67 x 16.51 cm)
Bombay-fryer-1673

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Item Details
  • Digital Map Information
  • Suitable for large format printing
  • DPI: 600
  • File Size: 8.85 MB
  • File Type: ZIP / TIFF
  • ICC color profile embedded
  • Delivered instantly via download link
This is the rare c. 1673 John Fryer map of Mumbai, India, considered the first published map of Bombay. Fryer's map of Bombay has been criticized as 'incomplete and inaccurate,' but it nonetheless served as the basis of all subsequent maps of Bombay until the William Nicholson surveys of 1768. (more details)

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