Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS ix
4. TABLES xi
5. PREFACE xiii
6. NOTE ONE EAST INDIA COMPANY COINAGE xvii
7. CHAPTER ONE. The Ideologies and Practices of Mapping and Imperialism 1
8. PART ONE. THE ENLIGHTENMENT CONSTRUCTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
9. CHAPTER TWO. Observation and Representation 39
10. CHAPTER THREE. Surveying and Mapmaking 77
11. PART TWO. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND CARTOGRAPHIC ANARCHY
12. CHAPTER FOUR. Structural Constraints of the East India Company's Administration 121
13. CHAPTER FIVE. Cartographic Anarchy and System in Madras, 1790-1810 165
14. PART THREE. THE GREAT TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY AND CARTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM
15. CHAPTER SIX. Institutions for Mapping All of British India, 1814-23 199
16. CHAPTER SEVEN. Triangulation, the Cartographic Panacea, 1825-32 236
17. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Final Compromise: Triangulation and Archive, 1831-43 261
18. PART FOUR. CARTOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, AND THE REPRESENTATION OF EMPIRE
19. CHAPTER NINE. Scientific Practice: Incorporating the Rationality of Empire 293
20. CHAPTER TEN. Cartographic Practice: Inscribing an Imperial Space 319
21. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 341
22. NOTES 349
23. ARCHIVAL SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 409
24. INDEX 437