Nautical chart of the northern coast of Bahrein[Bahrain], indicating settlements and fortifications. Drawn for a Britishexpedition against Bahrein in November-December 1869.
Ink sketch of a fortifiedbuilding somewhere between Kohant [Kohat]and Cabul [Kabul], encountered by the KandaharMission, a British diplomatic mission to Afghanistan in 1857-58.
The plan indicates various places including the commissariat enclosure, camp bazar, parade ground, custom house compound, officers' cantonments, fort, hospital, library, stores, and school. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant Engineers, Aden, 29 March 1839. Copied in the Chief E...
This item comprises a line drawn map laid out within a grid of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates to scale (20 miles to five inches), but lacking a key, showing the Ras Hafoon [Raʾs Hafun] island and sandy land bridge linked to the north-eastern coast of Berbera [Somalia], Africa. The map s...
The plan indicates the parade, cantonment and custom house, officers’ barracks and cantonment, town, and a ‘Space [that] might [be] kept open to separate the cantonment’. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
Sketch in pencil of forts at Berbera. The sketch is contained in a report by Lieutenant M B Worsley, Commanding Officer , HC Schooner Mahi. A note underneath the sketch says ‘copied from a sketch by Lieut. Herne, Bombay Fusiliers (1st Europeans)’.
Simple line drawing indicating Bahrein [Bahrain] island and the coast line of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to Muscat. The drawing shows the positions of the following places: Lahsa [Al-Ahsa]; Ojair [Uqair], Gwuttur [Qatar], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debai [Dubai], Shargah [Sharjah], Ajman, Ama...
Three printed drawings, as follows: ‘No 1 Panoramic Outline of the Range of Mountains and lower Hills surrounding the Valley of Aden from Seera to Shersurra as taken from the top of a Minaret in the Town marked with a cross in the Plan’ ‘No 2 Outline of Munsooree Range with Seera on the left and...
Plan of new officers’ quarters to be built near Candahar [Kandahar] for officers in the Indian Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The plan was drawn by Lieutenant William Fraser-Tytler, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Candahar.