‘Plan of the Peninsula or Cape of Aden Exhibiting the Proposed Military Limits. Aden July 1855’
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Imprint: Copied & Lithographed in the Office of the Chief Engineer at the Presidency, Bombay 27th December 1862. Signed by R. Phayre Lieutenant-Colonel Quarter Master General. Distinctive Features: Plan of the Aden peninsula shows the military site and existing town with public buildings...
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Plan of the Aden peninsula featuring the military site with defence structures including Victoria Bastion, Arsenal, Magazine, Barracks, and Tunnel. Coastal defences shown include Pier of Obstruction, Tower battery, West Gate battery, Ras Morbat F...
‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, Aden’
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Tracing of a rough sketch showing in red the line of proposed works in red with landmarks lettered for reference to correspond to symbols present on series of sections produced together with the plan. Series of sections hold at IOR/X/3259/1 and IO...
Distinctive Features: Produced to accompany ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, ADEN’ hold at IOR/X/3258. Include twenty five ‘Average Sections’ lettered for references which correspond to symbols present on the main plan. Measurements reported. Inscriptions: O...
Distinctive Features: Produced to accompany ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, ADEN’ hold at IOR/X/3258. Shows the position of tunnelled path, contain twenty three ‘Average Sections’ lettered for references which correspond to symbols present on the main plan. M...
Distinctive Features: Produced to accompany ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, ADEN’ hold at IOR/X/3258. Includes elevation, plan, sections and technical drawings of pivot hinge, plummer block and counterpoint; lettered and labelled for reference with measureme...
'A List of Names of Positions on Both Sides of the Persian Gulph. Baghdad 25th February 1836'
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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 ...
‘Arabic Characters to Accompany and for Insertion in the Chart of the Persian Gulf’
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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...