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Colonel Colin Mackenzie CB (1754–8 May 1821) was Scottish army officer in the British East India Company who later became the first Surveyor General of India. He was a collector of antiquities and an orientalist. He surveyed southern India, making use of local interpreters and scholars to study religion, oral histories, inscriptions and other evidence, initially out of personal interest, and later as a surveyor. He was ordered to survey the Mysore region shortly after the British victory over Tipu Sultan in 1799 and produced the first maps of the region along with illustrations of the landscape and notes on archaeological landmarks. His collections consisting of thousands of manuscripts, inscriptions, translations, coins and paintings, which were acquired after his death by the India Offic

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  • Colin Mackenzie fue un militar, político y diplomático británico, nacido en 1754 en Stornoway (Hébridas Exteriores, en Escocia) y fallecido en 1821 en Calcuta (India), que alcanzó el grado de coronel en el Ejército británico, destacando sin embargo por su papel como Surveyor General o máximo responsable de la Compañía Británica de las Indias Orientales en la India desde su puesto de mando en Calcuta, así como por ser el responsable de la edición de mapas sumamente cuidados de la India (de hecho, los primeros exactos sobre dicho país), además de por ser un gran colccionista de arte oriental, así como por sus investigaciones en el ámbito de los estudios asiáticos. (es)
  • Colin Mackenzie - Cailean MacCoinnich en écossais - (Stornoway, Écosse, 1754 - Calcutta, Inde, 8 mai 1821), indianiste et collectionneur d'art, fut le premier Surveyor General of India, fonctionnaire chargé de faire la description du pays et en particulier sa cartographie. Mackenzie est à l'origine d'une grande part des premières cartes exactes de l'Inde. Ses recherches et ses collections ont contribué de manière significative à la connaissance de l'Asie. (fr)
  • Kolonel Colin Mackenzie adalah seorang Surveyor General di India, dan seorang penggemar dan peneliti Budaya Timur (Orientalisme). Mackenzie banyak membuat peta-peta India yang tepat. Penelitian dan koleksinya secara signifikan menambah pengetahuan di bidang studi Asia. Ia pernah tinggal di pulau Jawa selama dua tahun sebagai anak buah Stamford Raffles pada masa penjajahan Britania. * l * b * s (in)
  • Colin Mackenzie (Stornoway, 1754 – Calcutta, 1821) was een Britse landmeter, oriëntalist en kunstverzamelaar. Hij vervaardigde veel van de eerste accurate kaarten van India en legde een uitgebreide wetenschappelijke verzameling aan. (nl)
  • Colonel Colin Mackenzie CB (1754–8 May 1821) was Scottish army officer in the British East India Company who later became the first Surveyor General of India. He was a collector of antiquities and an orientalist. He surveyed southern India, making use of local interpreters and scholars to study religion, oral histories, inscriptions and other evidence, initially out of personal interest, and later as a surveyor. He was ordered to survey the Mysore region shortly after the British victory over Tipu Sultan in 1799 and produced the first maps of the region along with illustrations of the landscape and notes on archaeological landmarks. His collections consisting of thousands of manuscripts, inscriptions, translations, coins and paintings, which were acquired after his death by the India Offic (en)
  • Ко́лин Макке́нзи (1754—1821) — полковник, начальник департамента исследования Индии, коллекционер искусства и ориенталист. Был составителем ряда карт Индии, его исследования и коллекция стали важной базой для дальнейшего изучения Азии. После этого он провёл два года на Яве во время периода его британской оккупации во время Наполеоновских войн. (ru)
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