Calcutta (Kolkata), the Monsoon, India
Calcutta (Kolkata), the Monsoon. Monsoons dictate the pattern of life in south-east Asia and arise from the unequal heating of land and sea. Northerly dry winter winds are replaced by moist summer winds to give birth to the monsoon, with its drenching summer rains
Picture No
11939144
Media ID
46076802
Size
7028px x 4786px
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Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
From The History of the British Empire in India and the East by Dr E H Nolan, published c.1860.Photograph: John Meek
Date
circa 1860
