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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3257
Title:: ‘Peninsula of Aden’
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Plan of the Aden peninsula featuring the military site with defence structures including Victoria Bastion, Arsenal, Magazine, Barracks, and Tunnel. Coastal defences shown include Pier of Obstruction, Tower battery, West Gate battery, Ras Morbat F...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3258
Title:: ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, Aden’
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Tracing of a rough sketch showing in red the line of proposed works in red with landmarks lettered for reference to correspond to symbols present on series of sections produced together with the plan. Series of sections hold at IOR/X/3259/1 and IO...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 map

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3259/1
Title:: ‘Longitudinal Section at crest of proposed Scarp’
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Produced to accompany ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, ADEN’ hold at IOR/X/3258. Include twenty five ‘Average Sections’ lettered for references which correspond to symbols present on the main plan. Measurements reported. Inscriptions: O...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3259/2
Title:: ‘Longitudinal Section at crest of proposed Scarp’
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Produced to accompany ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, ADEN’ hold at IOR/X/3258. Shows the position of tunnelled path, contain twenty three ‘Average Sections’ lettered for references which correspond to symbols present on the main plan. M...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3260
Title:: ‘Bridge for the South Pass’
Scope & Content:: Distinctive Features: Produced to accompany ‘Sketch Plan shewing proposed line of Scarp on the Southern Range, ADEN’ hold at IOR/X/3258. Includes elevation, plan, sections and technical drawings of pivot hinge, plummer block and counterpoint; lettered and labelled for reference with measureme...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1863
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3630
Title:: East India or China Pilot, containing 126 charts chiefly published by James Horsburgh
Scope & Content:: Title from ‘A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of the Indian Surveys, Deposited in the Map Room of the India Office’ published in 1878. Series of nautical charts published in London by the Hydrographer to the East India Company.
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 126 maps

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/X/3630/10
Title:: ‘Chart of the South East Coast of Arabia, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Trigonometric Survey, by S.B. Haines, Commander, Indian Navy. Assisted by Lieu.ts Wellsted, Sanders, Jardine & Shepherd, also Mess.rs Ball, Stevens, Rennie, Cruttenden, Grieve & Barrow, Midshipmen, 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 southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula from Bab-el-Mandeb Strait to the east of Ridah [Ar Raydah, Yemen] com...
Collection Area:: Map Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Dec 1839
Extent:: 1 map

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