This delightful, Victorian map of Afghanistan and Pakistan was originally engraved by John Rapkin and published by J. Tallis & Co in 1851. It is presented here with its original 150-year-old handcolouring and is, without doubt, one of the finest and most detailed historic maps of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The "Cabool, The Punjab and Beloochistan" map covers present-day Pakistan, most of Afghanistan, and a small bit of Iran.
Illustrations surrounding the map include boats on the River Indus, the tower of Sultan Mahmoud in Ghazni and the skyline of Lahore.
The map was published shortly after the First Anglo-Afghan War when the British successfully invaded Afghanistan, though they were never part of the British Empire. The British used Afghanistan to protect British India and prevent the Russians from invading British India.
This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16in (30.5x41cm), 16x20in (40.5x51cm), 18x24in (45.5x61cm), 24x30in (61x76cm), 32x40in (81.5x102cm), 40x50in (102x127cm), 48x60in (122x153cm) and 56x70in (142x178cm), but it looks even better when printed large.
I can create beautiful, large prints of this map up to 70in (178cm). Please get in touch if you're looking for larger, customised or different framing options.
The model in the listing images is holding the 20x16in (50.8x40.7cm) version of this map.
The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.
Please note the unframed 24x30in (61x76cm) map has white edges around the map. These edges can help you with framing, or if you don’t need them they are very easy to snip off with scissors. All other maps, including the framed maps, look exactly like the listing images.
If you’re looking for something slightly different, another option would be this amazing map of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan by an anonymous mapmaker in 1891.
Some of the locations on this map include: Kabul, Jalalabad, Kadahar, Herat, Peshawar, Lahore, Islamabad, Islamabad and Kashmir.
Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.
This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving or housewarming gift for someone from Afghanistan and Pakistan or someone interested in someone who is interested in the history of Afghanistan.
This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.