Three views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These three topographical views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar were sketched from on board ship. The upper view shows a fully worked watercolour drawing of the sketch found in WD3533, showing the town of Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] as it extends along th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:
3 topographical, watercolour views on 1 sheet of paper
Three views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar by Thomas Elwon (1793/4–1835)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: These three topographical views of the coastal towns of Hodeida, Loheia and El Cassar were sketched from on board ship. The upper view shows a fully worked watercolour drawing of the sketch found in WD3533, showing the town of Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] as it extends along th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1829-1834
Extent:
3 topographical, watercolour views on 1 sheet of paper
'Map of the Country in the Vicinity of Aden Arabia'. Created by Lieutenant Thomas Geoghegan, Commandant Aden Troop. 1884.
Scope & Content:
Covers a sixty-mile length of coastline in western Aden Protectorate, extending approximately twelve miles inland. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, roads and tracks, water sources and place names. Rectos of both maps bear a manuscript note stating that the work 'could have been used' on...
Aden West of Mukalla. Plotted from Air-Photos by R[oyal].A[ir].F[orce]. Aden. [1929]
Scope & Content:
Bromide copy of composite produced from three sheets at an original scale of 1:253,440. Covers an area approximately twenty miles west of Mukalla in southern Aden Protectorate and extending a further hundred miles westwards and eighty miles northwards. Portrays hydrology, relief by forms lines,...
'Yafa District, 80 Miles N[orth].N[orth].E[ast]. of Aden. Compiled from Air Photographs and Sketches by F[light]/L[ieutenant]. A.R.M. Rickards.'
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of approximately twenty-five miles by forty miles in Yafa District, western Aden Protectorate. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, tracks, settlements, cultivation and place names, and includes topographical notes. Eastern margin trimmed. 'From Air Ministry original. (Amplifi...
'Hadhramaut. With Corrections Made From Air Reconnaissances 20/10/29 By F[light]/L[ieutenant] A.R.M. Rickards.'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 300-mile coastal strip in south-eastern Aden Protectorate extending up to 180 miles inland. Portrays hydrology, relief and depth by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and logistical notes. The map bears the annotation 'See R[oyal].G[e...
'Sketch Map of Nisab-Wadi Beihan Route'. Created by Flight Lieutenant A R M Rickards, Royal Air Force.
Scope & Content:
Covers an area of approximately sixty miles by eighty miles in western Aden Protectorate, and depicts an expedition route from Nisab 50 miles westwards to Wadi Beihan. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures and spot heights, settlements, landing grounds, place names and the expedition route, and...