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61. IOR/L/PS/20/E77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E77
Title:
'RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN PILOT SIXTH EDITION, 1909.'
Scope & Content:
The sixth edition of an official publication entitled Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, produced by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty and dated 1909. At the front of the volume are: A ‘Notice to Mariners’, containing instructions for sailors on approaching British and British Imperial port...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

1 volume (331 folios)

62. IOR/R/15/2/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/639
Title:
‘File 25/3 Agreement between UK and Italy’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a printed copy of a booklet containing two agreements: I. Agreement between the United Kingdom and Italy, consisting of a Protocol with Annexes and Exchanges of Notes; and II. Bon Voisinage Agreement and Exchanges of Notes between the United Kingdom and Italy, agreed in Rome on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

63. IOR/R/19/22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/22
Title:
Letters Received by the Agent in Egypt
Scope & Content:
This volume contains records of the expenses incurred and payments received by British agents and the Packet Agency at Cairo from 22 January 1838 to 8 November 1859. It includes the dates of the transactions, details of the transactions themselves, and the amounts of money given in piastres. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1838-8 Nov1859
Extent:
1 volume (332 folios)

64. IOR/R/19/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/23
Title:
Egypt & Red Sea 38, 1838-59
Scope & Content:
This volume contains records of the expenses incurred and payments received by British agents and the Packet Agency at Cairo from 13 January 1838 to 30 September 1859. It includes the dates of the transactions, details of the transactions themselves, and the amounts of money given in Piastres. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1838-30 Sep 1859
Extent:
1 volume (661 folios)

65. IOR/R/19/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/19/24
Title:
Cairo Packet Agency A/C Current and Mail Charges, 1838-1859
Scope & Content:
This file is divided into two sections, titled 'Cairo Packet Agency, A/C Current' and 'Cairo Packet Agency, Mail Charges', and contains the accounts current and mail charges of the Cairo Packet Agency, from January 1838 through September and March 1859 respectively. The accounts current and mail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1838- Sep 1859
Extent:
1 file (533 folios)

66. IOR/X/3630/9/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/9/1-2
Title:
‘Chart of the Red Sea, Comprising the part above Jiddah, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Stasimetric Survey, Executed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 in the Hon.ble Comp.y's Ship Palinurus by Com.der R. Moresby, and Lieu.t T.G. Carless, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless, Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Suez to Jiddah [Jeddah] compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers sh...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1836
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

67. IOR/X/3630/9/3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/9/3-4
Title:
‘Chart of the Red Sea, from Jiddah, to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, Surveyed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 By Capt.n T. Elvon and Lieu.t H.N. Pinching, and completed in 1833 and 34 by Com.der R. Moresby, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless Lieu.t and Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures with some mountain ranges shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Jiddah [Jeddah] to Bab-el-Mandeb Strait compiled fro...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1836
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

68. IOR/X/3649/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3649/1-2
Title:
'Chart of the Indian Ocean; from the Cape of Good Hope, to Calcutta, including the Red Sea & Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Covers the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf, including the islands therein, together with the coasts of eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southern Asia as far as eastern India. The chart is published in 2 sheets, north and south (bearing the shelfmarks IOR/X/3649/1 and IOR/X/3649/2...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

69. Mss Eur F112/552, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 15
Title:
'Portion of Chart No. 748B showing sea line within which lies the Arabian Peninsula.'
Scope & Content:
Covers the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, including hinterlands to a width of approximately 150 miles beyond which detail diminishes. Comprises a base map, overprint and manuscript additions. The base map is produced from British Admiralty Chart No. 748B titled 'Indian Ocean - Northern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918?
Extent:

1 map sheet

70. Mss Eur G45/8, f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G45/8, f 27
Title:
Unidentified maritime scene, probably in Red Sea
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch shows a maritime / topographical view of a coastal region, presumably along the Red Sea or Arabian coastline. The view was sketched from on board ship and shows two dhows and one smaller craft sailing from right to left across the scene...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850
Extent:

1 drawing on paper, pasted into volume