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Collection Area Map Collections Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Material Type Maps and Plans

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/414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/414
Title:
Four nautical charts related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Scope & Content:
Series of four tracings related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman copied by Frederick Charles Danvers in the late 19th century. The original charts, produced in the second half of the 17th century by an anonymous Dutch chart maker, are housed in the State Archive (Nationaal Archief), The Hague...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
4 manuscript charts

3. IOR/X/414/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/414/219
Title:
Chart of the Gulf of Oman
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths in the Strait of Hormuz and along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings. Shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses with annotations. Top and left margins are divided and marked with numbers.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 map

4. 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

5. 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

6. IOR/X/2942/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2942/5
Title:
Five maps from C. Ritter's 'Geography of Arabia' compiled by Carl Zimmermann
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Berlin, Published by Dietrich Reimer and lithographed by Hermann Delius. Distinctive Features: Original title: 'Fünf Karten zu C. Ritter's Erdkunde von Arabien. Bearbeitet von Carl Zimmermann'.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
5 maps

7. IOR/X/2942/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2942/5/1
Title:
Versuch einer Darstellung der Küsten-Gegend von Oman & Mahra
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Title continues: 'Vornämlich nach Wellsted, ferner nach Whitelock, Cruttendon, Niebuhr, Haines Aucher Eloy, zu C. Ritters Erdkunde von Carl Zimmermann. Berlin 1846. Zum Arabischen Heft des Atlas von Vorder-Asien gehörig'. Map of Oman showing t...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/X/2942/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2942/5/2
Title:
Jemen. Versuch einer Darstellung vom glücklichen oder südöstlichen Arabien zu C. Ritters Erdkunde (Drittes Buch West Asien Band VI)
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map of Yemen showing routes of various expeditions with a list of explorers and dates of their journeys at left centre. Also shows approximate location of local tribes with boundary between territories coloured for reference. Includes two inse...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1846
Extent:

1 map

9. IOR/X/2942/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2942/5/3
Title:
Hadramaut. von Carl Zimmermann, Second Lieutenant im 21ten Jnfanterie Regiment, Berlin 1846 bei G. Reimer. (Zum Atlas von Vorder Asien gehörig)
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of various expeditions with a table of explorers and dates of their journeys listed at left centre of sheet at IOR/X/2942/5/2. Includes inset: ‘Plan von Aden und des umliegenden Landes’ with soundings recorded and note: ‘nach den P...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/X/2942/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2942/5/4
Title:
'Entwurf zu dem Kriegsschauplatze in Asyr vor dem Jahr 1824'
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Title continues: ‘von einem Zögling der türkischen Ingenieurschule in Assuan in Romfode, in Handschrift mitgetheilt durch Prof. Ehrenberg zur Erläuterung der Erdkunde von Arabien. Band XII der Allg. E. p. 1027 u. f.’. Map of ʻAsīr Region [pre...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 map