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1. IOR/W/F/4/2536/147465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2536/147465
Title:
‘CHART of SOUTH AFRICA embracing the Revd David Livingstone’s travels beyond Kolobeng and the Great Lake NGAMI to Sisheke with the Orange River Sovereignty. Natal, British Caffraria and the Colonial Districts to the Eastward of Mossel Bay by Thomas Budden SURVEYOR’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet was originally contained in IOR/F/4/2536/147465 but was removed for conservation purposes. Manuscript tracing showing the route taken by the Reverend David Livingstone from Mossel Bay [in modern day South Africa] up to Sisheke [Sesheke, Zambia] during his travels in 1850-51. The a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:

1 map sheet

2. IOR/X/2939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2939
Title:
'A New Map of Asia, Exhibiting Its Natural and Political Divisions'
Scope & Content:
Covers Asia and, in less detail, north-eastern Europe. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, selected forests, settlements, place names. Boundaries have been highlighted in coloured ink and watercolour. Published by John Cary, 1832.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832
Extent:

1 map sheet

3. IOR/X/2940/1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2940/1-4
Title:
'Map of Asia'
Scope & Content:
Covers Asia in 4 sheets as follows: IOR/X/2940/1: North-west IOR/X/2940/2: North-east IOR/X/2940/3: South-west IOR/X/2940/4: South-east Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and occasional spot heights, some road routes, settlements, place names, and includes topographical notes. Internati...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818
Extent:

1 map on 4 sheets

4. IOR/X/2946

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2946
Title:
‘Sketch of the Roads Between Constantinople and Dehli Compiled from the Travels of Monsr. Tavernier, Mr Forster and from other Sources’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown pictorially. Hand drawn outline map of Persia showing various roads and tracts across the region with cities and larger towns represented pictorially. Inscriptions: On recto in the bottom left-hand corner signed: ‘(a true copy) Robt. Gorelon Lt. Engineer’...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/X/2947/1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2947/1-6
Title:
Outline of the countries between Delhi and Constantinople by A. Arrowsmith 1814. Additions to 1816
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hatching. Shows the overland routes between Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and Delhi, capital of British India. Countries outlined in colour.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
1 map on 6 sheets

6. IOR/X/2948

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2948
Title:
‘New and Improved Map OF VARIOUS ROUTES BETWEEN EUROPE AND INDIA Comprehending WESTERN AND NORTHERN ASIA, TOGETHER WITH ASIA MINOR AND EGYPT BY J.B. TASSIN’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Calcutta, Jan.y 1834. J.B. Tassin lith. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map shows various routes between places of interest including caravan and pilgrim routes, with estimated journey times and location of wells reported. Notations concerning regions and their topo...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1834
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/X/2950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2950
Title:
‘Map Showing the Steam Communication and Overland Routes Between England, India, China & Australia. Drawn & Engraved by J. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London, W[illia]m H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W. Distinctive Features: Map of the Eastern Hemisphere showing land and sea routes between England, India, China and Australia featuring a table of reference listing various shipping companies with destinations reported. Rou...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/X/2951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2951
Title:
'Sketch Map shewing the Routes between Constantinople and India by John Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Lithographed by J.&C. Walker. Produced about 1827 when John and Charles Walker’s partnership started. Distinctive Features: Hand coloured outline map of the Middle East showing land routes and waterways in the region with distances reported.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1827
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/X/2963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2963
Title:
'Map of routes from Europe to Upper India and Central Asia via Red Sea, the Euphrates Valley, and Kurrachee’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Map issued with ‘The Scinde railway and its relations to the Euphrates Valley, and other routes to India, with illustrative maps, statistical tables, &c., from official sources’ by William Patrick Andrew published in London in 1856. Land routes shown in blue with sea...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/X/2964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2964
Title:
‘Imperial Ottoman Euphrates Railway, shewing the Present and Proposed Routes from London to India by Sir John Macneill and Telford Macneill, Engineers’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: An outlined printed map showing the overland and sea routes from London to India with distances inserted in hand. A table listing the distances and times of transit with railways speed reckoned at 25 miles per hour, and steamers at 12 miles per hour inserted by hand in t...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 map