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161. IOR/X/3635

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3635
Title:
'A List of Charts and Sailing directions, issued originally by the Honourable East India Company, and subsequently by H[is/Her].M[ajesty's]. Secretary of State for India in Council'
Scope & Content:
The title and the following paragraph are taken from 'A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of the Indian Surveys Deposited in the Map Room of the India Office', India Office (1878). 'Under these authorities the Charts were in the charge of Mr. John Wa...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1800-c 1900
Extent:

c 220 map sheets

162. IOR/X/3649/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3649/1-2
Title:
'Chart of the Indian Ocean; from the Cape of Good Hope, to Calcutta, including the Red Sea & Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Covers the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf, including the islands therein, together with the coasts of eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southern Asia as far as eastern India. The chart is published in 2 sheets, north and south (bearing the shelfmarks IOR/X/3649/1 and IOR/X/3649/2...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

163. IOR/X/3679

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3679
Title:
'A List of Names of Positions on Both Sides of the Persian Gulph. Baghdad 25th February 1836'
Scope & Content:
Bound volume divided into two sections: Folios 2 to 6: Persian Coast and Islands Folios 6 to 13: Arabian Coast and Islands Names are listed in Arabic with 'their vulgar pronounciation in English letters' and spelling 'as expressed in the chart'. Selection and spelling of names relate to the ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

164. IOR/X/3680

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3680
Title:
‘Arabic Characters to Accompany and for Insertion in the Chart of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn table compiled by the East India Company Chart Office to accompany the 'Chart of the Persian Gulf' with transliterated Arabic place names inserted in black ink. Inscriptions: On recto in the upper right-hand corner in an annotation in black ink: ‘Reced. Pr. U...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1825
Extent:
1 item

165. IOR/X/3681

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3681
Title:
‘Chart of the South Coast of the Persian Gulph from Shaum to Ul Umrah by Philip Maughan. 1821. Drawn by M. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. 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 1821 showing the western coastline from Shaum [Ash Sha‘m or Sha’am] to Ul Umrah [Jazīr...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 map

166. IOR/X/3682

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3682
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Summits of the Quoins & Islands that form what is commonly called Cape Musseldom on the Southern side of the Entrance to the Persian Gulf by P. Maughan, Commander in the H.C. Marine. 1821’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn nautical chart of the entrance of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821. Shows positions of the islands off the shore of the Musandam Peninsula with a network of lines based on survey’s control points inser...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 map

167. IOR/X/3683

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3683
Title:
Coastal Views of the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf Drawn by Lieutenant Michael Houghton
Scope & Content:
Outline coastal views depicting the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf drawn by Lieutenant Michael Houghton during the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1821
Extent:
2 items

168. IOR/X/3684

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3684
Title:
‘A Plan of the Backwater of Rassulkyma with the Soundings off the Entrance by Lieut.t Brucks’
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 Rassulkyma [Ras al-Khaimah]. The buildings in Mana village and ruins of Rassulkyma shown pictoriall...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 map

169. IOR/X/3685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3685
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Back-water at Ras Al Khyma. By Lieut.t J.M. Guy. 1822. Drawn by M. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. 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 Ras Al Khyma [Ras al-Khaimah]. Place names given both in English and Ara...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 map

170. 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