‘Map showing petroliferous areas visited by Admiralty Oil Commission 1913’
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Black-and-white printed map, which is part of a larger document entitled Navy (Fuel Oil).Agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, published by HM’s Stationery Office, 1914 (ff 301-319). The map indicates the areas visited and oil shows not examined by an Admiralty Oil Commission, wh...
The map shows the estuary of the Euphrates and also indicates hydrology and settlements. Some of the estuary is coloured in blue crayon. A short note beneath the title gives further details: 'Reductions from 1/2" detail survey by Survey Section: I.E.F.D. Dated, March, 1916. (Meridians & Para...
The map shows the Middle East from the head of the Persian Gulf, to the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, indicating relief, hydrology and settlement. The map has been amended with different colours to show French (blue) and British (red) zones of occupation. Dashed lines of blue and red ...
‘To ACCOMPANY GEOLOGICAL REPORT MESOPOTAMIA No 8 ON THE SULAIMANIYAH DISTRICT'
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The map shows a representation of the geological area of Sulaimaniyah [Sulaymaniyah] district. The legend of the map shows the vertical sections of the map and describes the symbols used in them. The map was created to complement the geological report in Mesopotamia. The map includes the followi...
surveyed by Lieutenants W C Taylor, E W Danson and E H Daughlish, RIM. Assisted by Commander F Walter, RN and officers of HMS Odin under the direction of Commander C S Hickman, RIM in charge of the marine survey of India. The map was surveyed March-April 1911. The map includes a key showing the...
The chart shows the outer bar of the Shatt Al Arab to Fao on the Persian Gulf. The state of the Low Water Line ‘at various recent dates from reliable surveys’ are indicated by the following coloured lines: red, 1929; green, 1925; yellow, 1918-19; and blue, 1917. Depths in feet indicated with sou...
The plan shows Kubbar Island with the proposed sight for a lighting installation. The plan was published as Appendix 7 to a Report by David W. Hood, Supplementary to that of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf.