Nautical chart of the northern coast of Bahrein[Bahrain], indicating settlements and fortifications. Drawn for a Britishexpedition against Bahrein in November-December 1869.
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.
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.
The survey indicates some elevation heights, the contours and quality of the terrain and its suitability or not for defences. Original was signed Robert Foster, Captain Engineers, Aden, 1 April 1839. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
The plan indicates old defences in red and proposed defences in blue and shows ‘Broken rock battery for four guns to sweep the road to back bay and steamer point’ and ‘Battery for four guns to sweep the road to the Turkish wall’. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant, Engineers, A...
‘SKETCH MAP OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ADEN SHEWING THE KAFILAH ROUTES’
Scope & Content:
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.
Rough sketch map showing the outline of the Fortress of Bushire [Bushehr], indicating: the citadel, lines of bastions and the battery; the residency; gates and piers; the creek accessible to certain vessels; the direction of and distance to the harbour; buildings and works; and sea and land feat...
