Compass Survey of the Magdala Position, by the Quarter Master General's Expeditionary Force. Based on Trigonometrical Points by the Trigonometrical Survey of India
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Topographical map with 6 inset sections. Notes indicate the position and movement of troops. Original signed by Captain T. J. Holland and Lieutenant General R. Phayre, 26th May 1868.
'Military Map of India Shewing the Disposition of Troops'. Created under the direction of Major C.W. Wilson R.E. 1876, corrected to 1878.
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One map on 2 lithographed sheets enhanced with watercolour wash. Portrays hydrology, relief by occasional spot heights, roads, railways, settlements, place names, administrative boundaries, military stations and forts, and troop dispositions. Bears the note 'Lith[ographe]d. at the Quarter Maste...
Routes in Russian Central Asia, Part I, Trans-Caspia and Khiva
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General Staff India. For Official Use Only. Catalogue No. C.R. 50. Simla : Printed at the Government Monotype Press. Contents:Main RoutesMinor RoutesLateral Routes
Military Report and Gazetteer of Indus Kohistan, Black Mountain and Adjacent Territories, 1940
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For Official Use Only. General Staff, India. Printed by The Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1941. Case No. 48893. This book rendered obsolete "Military Report and Gazetteer of Indus Kohistan, Black Mountain, and adjacent territories, 1909," copies of which will be destroyed. Contents:G...
Who's who in Persia (Volume IV), Persian Baluchistan, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Fars, Yezd and Laristan
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Confidential. General Staff, India. Simla, Superintendent, Government Central Press, 1923. First Edition. Catalogue No. C.B.-70. Case No. 12437 (N.S.). Entries on individuals are listed alphabetically, some include bound fold-out family trees.
Manuscript map and rough tracing of the same. Portrays a seven-mile length of the Shat Al Arab [Shatt al Arab] in southern Mesopotamia [Iraq] from Busra [Basra, Iraq] northwards to Gurma‘t ‘Ali [Garmat Ali, Iraq]. Depicts hydrology, including soundings, sand, marsh and canals, relief by hachure...
Routes in Chitral, Gilgit & Kohistan. Fourth Edition
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For Official Use Only. Two copies, numbers 271 and 336. General Staff, India. Printed by The Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1942. Rendered obsolete the publication "Routes in Chitral, Gilgit and Kohistan, 3rd edition, 1930." Includes a Glossary, Index to Routes, and Route Descriptions.
'A Trigonometrical Survey of Jask Bay and the Persian Coast to Kohombarak or Bombarick Rock shewing [showing] a Dangerous Rocky Shoal.'
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Hydrographic chart depicting a forty-mile length of the coast of Persia [Iran] at Jask Bay [Khalij-e Jask] between Kohombarak (or Bombarick) Rock and Mucksa Bay [Khalij-e Sharqi-ye Jask]. Portrays hydrology, including soundings, sands and rocks, relief by shading, watering places and place names...
Sketch plan of the Country around Post No. 1 at Mulkuttoo, Annesley Bay shewing the plains extending North & South along the coast and inland to the Koomaylo and Uddoda camps - also the first part of the Koomaylo Pass to the Sooro defile
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Topographical map showing settlements, camps and wells, with notes on features. Rivers are indicated as dry or wet in colour. Original signed by Lt Col R Phayre, Quarter Master General of the Army, 2nd November 1867.
Sketch of the route from Addigerat to Antalo Marched over by the British Forces in February 1868, from surveys made by Colonel R. Phayre
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Topographical map showing routes and camps. Scale indicator does not give units and may have been reduced during reproduction. Some place names are underlined in red ink, and rivers and routes are indicated in coloured ink. Signed by Captain T. J. Holland, Assistant Quarter Master General, 7th Ma...