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161. IOR/X/3188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3188
Title:
'Survey of the River Karun from its junction with the Shat el Arab below Mohameerah to about 20 Miles above Ahwaz - from Ismaeenah [Ismailia a, Iran] upwards'
Scope & Content:
Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately 20 miles north-east of Ahwaz [Ahvaz] downstream approximately 170 miles to its confluence with the Shat el Arab [Shatt al Arab] (spelled Shat al Arab on the map face) at Mohameerah [Khorramshahr] (also spelled Mohamerah o...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841
Extent:

1 map sheet

162. IOR/X/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/438
Title:
'Thornhil's Channel from the latest Survey executed by Lieut[enan]t. J.S. Criddle, 2nd. Assistant to the Marine Surveyor in March 1818'.
Scope & Content:
Covers Thornhil's Channel in north-east India at the point of discharge of the Hooghly River into the Bay of Bengal. Portrays hydrology including sands, soundings, buoys and wrecks, significant landmark features and place names, and includes topographical notes. Detail does not extend beyond tha...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819
Extent:

1 map sheet

163. IOR/X/474/1-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/474/1-7
Title:
'The Ganges above the Delta. Wood's Survey, 1800. Hurdwar to Allahabad. In 7 parts.' - India Office map catalogue
Scope & Content:
Seven-part map depicting the 450-mile route along the River Ganges in northern India from Hurdwar south-eastwards to Allahabad. Portrays hydrology, sands, vegetation and cultivation, settlements, some individual buildings, ghauts and place names. Detail is limited to within approximately 2 miles...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1802
Extent:

3 map sheets

164. IOR/X/524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/524
Title:
'The Burrampooter River from Kolliabar to the Confluence of the Booree Lewit River. Surveyed in the Months of Dec[embe]r. 1793 & Jan[uar]y. 1794. By Ensign Thomas Wood of the Bengal Engineers'.
Scope & Content:
Forms the fourth of a six-sheet map series of the Burrampooter River in north-eastern India from Noghurbera upstream to the entry point of the D'hekowe River 240 miles east-northeastwards. Surveyed by Ensign Thomas Wood between 1792 and 1794, and filed at IOR/X/521 to IOR/X/526. This sheet depi...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794
Extent:

1 map sheet

165. IOR/X/3235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3235
Title:
‘Plan of Ras-ul-Girreff shewing the junction with the proposed line of works across the Isthmus with the Tunnel and projected Scarping and ultimate Batteries on the hill’ and ‘Plan of Gibul Hudeed and the end of the Spur from Durub-ul-Hosh shewing the junction with the projected line of works across the Isthmus with the ultimate Defences on Gibul Hudeed and the Pier’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843. Relief shown by shading. Shows proposed road and tunnel connecting the two portions of lines with a section through the tunnel....
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
2 plans on 1 sheet

166. IOR/X/3236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3236
Title:
‘Plans and Sections of the several redoubts and connecting rampart and ditch forming the proposed new line of works across the Isthmus of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843. Contains five plans lettered for reference with corresponding sections and measurements reported. Inscriptions: Bottom right: ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
5 plans on 1 sheet

167. IOR/X/430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/430
Title:
'Channel Creek, 1770 and 1788. Signed James Caldwell, Lieut. of Engineers' - India Office map catalogue.
Scope & Content:
The map bears the note 'A Copy of Channel Creek [a distributary of the Hooghly River] from George’s Point to the Sea, taken from Mr. Lacam’s Survey Plan [dated 1770]. Shewing how far it differs from what the Channel is at present, in as much as the Soundings and judgment of the Gentlemen of the ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788
Extent:

1 map sheet

168. IOR/X/350

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/350
Title:
'A new Map of the Ancient Division of the Deckan Illustrative of the History of the Hindu Dynasties with Discriptions of the Principal Places is respectfully dedicated To The Hon[oura]ble Sir Charles Grey Kt. By C.V. Ramaswamy. 1827.'
Scope & Content:
Note spelling 'Discription' [sic] in title. Covers India south of Calcutta. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, settlements, place names, temples, pagodas, diamond mines, gold coins, copper coins and administrative boundaries. 'Printed at the Asiatic Lithographic Press. Calcutta'. The ori...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:

1 map sheet

169. IOR/X/525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/525
Title:
'The Burrampooter River from the Booree Lewit to the Jahzee River. Surveyed in the Month of January 1794. By Ens[ig]n. Thomas Wood of the Bengal Eng[inee]rs.'
Scope & Content:
Forms the fifth of a six-sheet map series of the Burrampooter River in north-eastern India from Noghurbera upstream to the entry point of the D'hekowe River 240 miles east-northeastwards. Surveyed by Ensign Thomas Wood between 1792 and 1794, and filed at IOR/X/521 to IOR/X/526. This sheet depic...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794
Extent:

1 map sheet

170. IOR/X/433

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/433
Title:
'A Draught of Hoogly River from Calcutta to Balasore Road, Channel Creek, &c., to Muttwall River. 1767.' - India Office map catalogue
Scope & Content:
Covers the Hoogly River in north-east India and interconnecting channels from Calcutta approximately 80 miles southwards to the Bay of Bengal. Portrays hydrology including sands and soundings, settlements, place names, military installations and other significant landmark features, and includes ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767
Extent:

1 map sheet