The map shows the location of a proposed prison in Zanzibar. In addition, it depicts the houses around the proposed prison and includes information on where in the district the prison would be situated.
Two plans depicting the proposed jail at Zanzibar. The two plans represent the ground floor and first floor respectively. Included on the verso of folio 596 is a key with information on the rooms inside the jail.
‘PLAN OF THE GROUND PURCHARSED BY DR SEWARD FOR THE ERECTION OF A PRISON’
Scope & Content:
The plan shows the street location on the ground for the construction of a proposed prison in Zanzibar. In addition, it shows the houses around the prison and where the prison would be situated within the district.
Map of the Muscat Sultanate and Neighbouring Territory
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Sultanate of Muscat, and the surrounding ‘Great Arabian Desert’, ‘Pirate Coast’ [now the United Arab Emirates], Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf. There is a note on the left-hand side of the map sheet signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 2...
Sketch map of the Persian Gulf and the coast on both sides. The Arabian coast is painted yellow, and the Persian coast is red. The map does not have a scale.
‘ROUGH – SKETCH – OF – FORT – MUHURIK – BAHREIN – ARABIA’
Scope & Content:
A rough sketch map of Arad fort at Muhurik [Al Muharraq], Bahrein [Bahrain], produced by Lieutenant B Kovelt for Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, in October 1868.