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Collection Area Map Collections Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Ul Umrah, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/X/3686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3686
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Backwater at Ul Umrah on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf by Lieut. R. Cogan under the direction of Lt. J.M. Guy, H.C. Marine, 1822’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths shown by soundings. Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1822 showing Ul Umrah [Al Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’, United Arab Emirates]. Includes notes on water levels and soundin...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/X/10309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/10309
Title:
‘Persian Gulf single charts.–Memoir.–Lieut. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a ‘memoir’ written by Lieutenant Michael Houghton, draughtsman on board the Honorable Company’s ship Discovery, which consists of a description of places encountered during the East India Company’s survey of the Persian Gulf during the 1820s. The memoir covers the survey’s jo...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1822
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)