Imprint: Lithographed at the Topographical Depôt, Horse Guards, War Office. Major C.W. [Charles William] Wilson, R.E. [Royal Engineers] Director. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Depth shown by contours. General map of Tihama El Yemen region [Tihāmat al Yaman, present-day Yem...
‘Sketch of a route between Ahhar and Kazveen; via Mishkeen, Ardabeel, Talish, and Gheelan by Elliott D’Arcy Todd Lieut. Bengal Artillery, serving in Persia. January & February 1837. Drawn in Lithography by L.J. Herbert’
Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Bushire and vicinity showing settlements and location of wells with drinking water. Includes notes on coast lines and seasonal currents in the wetland area. Shoals in the Bushire Bay stippled and coloured yellow.
Inscriptions: On verso: 'Muscat Cov: May 21st 1787' 'Delivered to Library 12th Octr 1811'; In red ink: 'L.32' . Labels: Two East India Company Library’s stamps on recto and verso (oval, black)
‘Sketch of the Coast Between Kurrachee and Bunder Abbas’
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Undated tracing of a sketch map of the Makran Coast showing the intended telegraph line between Karachi [Kurachee] and Gwadar [Guadur] with stations, as proposed by Major Frederick John Goldsmid. The extent of the territories intersected by the ...
‘Plan of the seaward defences at Steamer Point, Aden’
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Distinctive Features: Unsigned and undated. Relief shown by shading. Plan depicts the coastal defences at the Steamer Point (modern Tawahi), with Ras Morbat fort, Haines’ Battery, and proposed buildings and roads on Ras Tarshayne. Features shown include location of Arab Lines and Lascars, n...
Route of MARCH from BAGHDAD to TEHRAN during June and July 1857. Route of march from Tehran to Bushire viâ Ispahan, Shiraz, and the Huft Moola Pass, in April and May 1858. With notes, maps, and illustrations. By Lieut.-Colonel R. L. Taylor, late Commissioner of Herat. Fcap., unbound. MS.
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Hand drawn sketch map of the El Hasa oasis with location of fort, Bedouin villages and plantations indicated; watercourses coloured blue. Landmarks lettered for reference and explained in a key below title at bottom left. Oriented with west to ...
Hydrographic chart of Jashk Shoal [Mason Shoal] in the Gulf of Oman, three miles south-west of Ras Jashk [Damagheh-ye-Jask] cape on the coast of south-east Persia [Iran]. Portrays the shoal, cape and intermediary soundings. Also shows Jashk [Jask] Fort and other coastal landmark features. Signif...
A revised Map of 'OMÂN and the PERSIAN GULF, in which an attempt has been made to give a correct transliteration of the Arabic names. By the Rev. George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S. With a plan of Máskat and el Matrah, and a view of the town of Maskat. Scale of the map, 40 miles to 1 inch; size, 22 inches by 30.