Relief map found at folio 64 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows Rawanduz and the surrounding territory, including the Rhubar Gorge, and is bounded on the east by the Beni Hindawin range. The map shows hydrolog...
Relief map found at folio 74 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows the plateau of Amadiyeh [Al 'Amādīyah], and surrounding mountains, vegetation, ruins, and villages (Kwaneh, Mariska). The map contains the follo...
Plan of Mosul and Surrounding Country, Corrected from Jones' Survey
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Map found at folio 87 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map is focused on Mosul on the west bank of the Tigris, and Nineveh on the east. It shows buildings, roads, hydrology, and indicates vegetation. The following r...
Map found at folio 101 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The relief map shows the rocky ridge between Feishkhabur [Fīsh Khābūr] and Zakho, bounded in the west by the river Tigris and in the north by the river Khabur.
SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA IN 1908
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The sketch map shows the progress of railway construction in China in 1908. It is marked with open railways and those proposed and under construction, and includes southern Siberia, and Mongolia. It is used to accompany a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter...
Sketch map found at folio 53 of 'Biographies of the notables of Fars and certain Persian Officials who have served at Shiraz'. The map bears the statements 'Authority:- Fars - Nameh-i-Nasiri (1895)', and 'Simla Drawing Office No. 3892, June 1924'.
'Sketch of the Countries between Hindustan and the Caspian Sea'
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A large-scale map showing a region encompassing modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan, as well as parts of Uzbekistan, India, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Compiled in the Office of the Surveyor General of India, Calcutta, 1870. ...
'Map to illustrate report on Toorkoman Tribes between the Caspian and the Oxus, February 1876'
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The map shows a number of boundary lines converging on Meshed [Mashhad], originating in modern-day Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. It bears the printing statement 'Lithographed at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, November 1877. The map was printed from an Original suppli...
Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island (Musandim Peninsula)
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A sketch of the Musandim Peninsula [Shibh Jazīrat Musandam], including Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Sheep Island [Jazīrat Umm al Ghanam] and Malcolm's Inlet [Ghubbat al Ghazira]. The sketch is signed by William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Assistant Resident and HM Consul at Bandar Abbas. ...
Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab, compiled from various authorities
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A map originally issued for Fleet purposes, 2 June 1902. Large corrections made December 1904, and July 1907. Small corrections made December 1906, July 1908, and September 1908. The map shows lights, gravel, mud, rock, sand, shells and stones.