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| Keywords: Fragment of map of Chittagong (Bengal).jpg Fragment of map of Chittagong Bengal 23 January 1818 by John Cheape Bengal Engineers Pen-and-ink and water-colour fragment of a map of Chittagong by John Cheape 1792-1875 in 1818 Chittagong located in Bangladesh at the point where the Karnaphuli River empties into the Bay of Bengal is a significant port and has been used for centuries by Arakanese Arab Persian Portuguese and Mughal sailors Under the Portuguese in the 16th century the town was known as Porto Grande and became an important trading centre It was captured by the Nawab of Bengal in 1666 and fell to the East India Company in 1760; 60 years later it was claimed by the emperor of Burma now known as Myanmar and this led to conflict between Burma and the United Kingdom in 1824 http //www collectbritain co uk/personalisation/object cfm uid 019WDZ000002661U00000000 largeimage 1 largeimage British Library website Downloaded from the http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/largeimage67955 html British Library Web Site by User Aditya Kabir PD-art Maps of Chittagong Old maps of Bangladesh Bay of Bengal Old maps of Bengal 1818 maps of India | ||||
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