'SKETCH MAP OF MUHAMMAREH TO INDICATE THE TURCO-PERSIAN BOUNDARY'
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The map represents Muhammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and the Shatt-al-Arab. The map records buildings, land owners, hydrology, roads and telephone lines. Printed by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim...
'MAP OF THE SHATT-AL-'ARAB & BAHMANSHĪR, INCLUDING MUHAMMAREH & 'ABBÁDÁN'
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The map represents the Shatt-al-Arab, Muhammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran], and Abadan. The map records settlements, main buildings, hydrology, roads and telephone lines. Printed in two sheets by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizi...
Four nautical charts related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
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Series of four tracings related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman copied by Frederick Charles Danvers in the late 19th century. The original charts, produced in the second half of the 17th century by an anonymous Dutch chart maker, are housed in the State Archive (Nationaal Archief), The Hague...
Distinctive Features: Depths in the Strait of Hormuz and along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings. Shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses with annotations. Top and left margins are divided and marked with numbers.
Distinctive Features: Depths along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings. Shoals and rocks indicated by dots and crosses with annotations. Settlements with Dutch East India Company’s trading posts represented pictorially.
Distinctive Features: Depths along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings with shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses. Left and bottom margins are divided and marked with numbers.
Distinctive Features: Depths shown by soundings with shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses. Some settlements shown pictorially. Contains three charts showing: the coast from the Musandam Peninsula to Muscat, at the left portion of sheet; ‘De Bay van Mascatta’ in the top right; and ...
'A New Map of Asia, Exhibiting Its Natural and Political Divisions'
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Covers Asia and, in less detail, north-eastern Europe. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, selected forests, settlements, place names. Boundaries have been highlighted in coloured ink and watercolour. Published by John Cary, 1832.
