'Trigonometrical Plan of the Harbour of Grane or Quade in the Gulf of Persia'
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Covers Grane [Kuwait] and surrounding coastline and waters of Kuwait Bay. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands, muds, rocks and anchorages, relief by hachures, vegetation, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes. Surveyed by Lieutenant...
'Trigonometrical Survey of the Entrances to the Rivers at the Head of the Persian Gulf'
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Covers a central thirty-five-mile section of the head of the Persian Gulf, including a one-mile hinterland of southern Mesopotamia. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands and muds, vegetation, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes. The s...
'Part of the Coast of Persia from Ras Tuloop to Bushire'
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Covers a 180-mile length of the Persian Gulf coast from Ras Tuloop [Ras Tanub, Iran] south-eastwards to Bushire [Bushehr, Iran], including a twenty-mile hinterland of Persia [Iran]. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands and muds, relief by shading, vegetation, settlements, for...
Covers Bushire Roads and bay, part of the Persian Gulf, together with a hinterland of up to one mile, including Bushire [Bushehr] town in western Persia [Iran]. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands, muds, current directions and anchorages, vegetation, settlements and place na...
'The Coast from Bushire to Basadore, in the Persian Gulf'
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Covers a 400-mile length of the Persian Gulf coast from Bushire [Bushehr] south-eastwards to Basadore [Basaidu] in Persia [Iran], including a fifteen-mile hinterland. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands and rocks, relief by hachures and rock drawings, vegetation, settlements...
'Trigonometrical Survey of Clarence's Strait, Gulf of Persia. Sheet 1st.'
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Covers a thirty-five-mile length of the central portion of Clarence's Strait [Toreh-ye Khuran and Toreh-ye Khvoran] and the adjacent coastlines of southern Persia [Iran] and Kishm Island [Qeshm Island, Iran], together with a hinterland of approximately half a mile. Portrays hydrology, including ...
'Chart of the Indian Ocean; from the Cape of Good Hope, to Calcutta, including the Red Sea & Persian Gulf'
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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...
'A List of Names of Positions on Both Sides of the Persian Gulph. Baghdad 25th February 1836'
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Bound volume divided into two sections: Folios 2 to 6: Persian Coast and Islands Folios 6 to 13: Arabian Coast and Islands Names are listed in Arabic with 'their vulgar pronounciation in English letters' and spelling 'as expressed in the chart'. Selection and spelling of names relate to the ...
‘Arabic Characters to Accompany and for Insertion in the Chart of the Persian Gulf’
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn table compiled by the East India Company Chart Office to accompany the 'Chart of the Persian Gulf' with transliterated Arabic place names inserted in black ink. Inscriptions: On recto in the upper right-hand corner in an annotation in black ink: ‘Reced. Pr. U...
‘Chart of the South Coast of the Persian Gulph from Shaum to Ul Umrah by Philip Maughan. 1821. Drawn by M. Houghton’
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821 showing the western coastline from Shaum [Ash Sha‘m or Sha’am] to Ul Umrah [Jazīr...
