Map of Cyprus, showing: coastline, with capes and bays labelled; principal towns and villages; the route of the Cyprus Government Railway; principal roads; forested areas; topography, with heights indicated in feet; district boundaries, indicated by dotted lines. The map includes a printing state...
‘SKETCH MAP OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ADEN SHEWING THE KAFILAH ROUTES’
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A sketch map prepared by the Political Residency at Aden. The map shows trade routes leading to Aden and the principal tribes in the neighbourhood. More details about the purpose of the map are provided at folios 566-569.
‘Map illustrating arbitral opinion on Seistan Boundary (General Goldsmid’s report 46, august 1872)’
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A map illustrating the frontier laid down by arbitrator, the frontier claimed by Persian Commissioner, and the frontier claimed by the Afghan Commissioner. The map is part of a report prepared by Major-General Frederic John Goldsmid and sent to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign D...
Enclosure in a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to the Secret Committee, received July 1810
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A printed map to illustrate the route through Makran [Makrān] taken by Captain Grant of the Bengal Native Infantry between 29 January and 28 April 1809, as part of a series of route surveys on the frontiers of Persia [Iran] ordered by Brigadier-General John Malcolm. Covers a coastal area of appr...
Map Indicating Routes of Navigation Around the Harbour of Zanzibar and the Surrounding Islands
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Manuscript map used to illustrate routes of navigation around the harbour of Zanzibar [Zanzibar City] and the surrounding islands. The map indicates the coastline and coastal waters to a distance of two miles offshore, and portrays coastal and inland hydrography, vegetation, hachuring on coastal...
Map Detailing the Russian Siege of Erivan of 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827
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Map detailing the Russian siege of the fortress of Erivan [Yerevan] between 5 October 1827 and 13 October 1827 during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith. The map is based upon information procured by Monteith f...
A printed map showing the route of the Hijaz railway including details of branches of the track that had been constructed to date and those that remained under construction. The map is accompanied by a list of the stations on the line, all shown with their kilometric distance from Damascus and...
A sketch map of the Anglo-Turkish Boundary near Sanah. The sketch shows territory of the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen and the British Protectorate of Yemen and the neutral border zone between the two territories.
Hand-drawn sketch of the villages of Shakhab, Kalaba, Mazoob Habil al Khada and Dthala
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A small, hand-drawn sketch of the villages of Shakhab, Kalaba, Mazoob Habil al Khada and Dthala on the border between the British Protectorate of Aden and the Ottoman Vilayet of Yemen.
‘Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm] and Sheep Island [Jazīrat Umm al Ghanam]’
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The map is part of a printed report, prepared by Lieutenant William Henry Irving Shakespear, Assistant Resident and British Consul at Bandarabbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in 1904, indicating the position of three flagstaffs erected in November 1903 at: 1) Musandam, close to the Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr...