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101. IOR/X/3243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3243
Title:
‘Plan of the Defensible Barrack or Military Post intended for the Table Land immediately overlooking The Raving or Valey of the Wells. Aden’ and ‘Battery and Defences on Seera Mole, Aden’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers Lieutenant Colonel C.W. Grant and Major Artillery William Jacob, Bombay 23rd April 1844. Includes plans and corresponding longitudinal sections and elevations showing proposed barracks wit...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
2 plans on 1 sheet

102. IOR/X/3692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3692
Title:
‘Plan of the Island & Harbor of Beni Yass by Lieut.ts G.B. Brucks & R. Cogan. 1822’
Scope & Content:
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 1823 showing Seer Beni Yass [Şīr Banī Yās]. The word 'Harbour' is misspelled in the ti...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 map

103. IOR/X/3234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3234
Title:
'Survey of the Northern or Munsooree Range together with the Isthmus of the Peninsula of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843. Relief shown by contours. Shows the proposed site of military camp in Aden with works recommended by Lieutenant J.A. Curtis to ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 map

104. IOR/X/3096

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3096
Title:
A New Map of the Empire of Persia from Monsr. D'Anville, First Geographer to the most Christian King, with Several Additions and Emendations
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London, published by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. General map of Persia showing roads and the ancient limits with provinces outlined in colour. The southern coast of the Persian Gulf labelled ‘Pearl Bank’ with shoals represe...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1794
Extent:
1 map

105. IOR/X/3140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3140
Title:
‘Map of the countries between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Persia on the line of the Euphrates, Tigris, Kuran. Compiled and drawn by Lieut. Felix Jones J.N. Assis.t Surveyor, from the original Surveys made by the late expedition under Commander H. Blosse Lynch assisted by Lieut.ts Chris D. Campbell M.W. Lynch, Felix Jones, William B. Selby & Henry Grounds of the Indian Navy’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Hand drawn map of Mesopotamia, Persia and Syria Shamiyeh based on a survey carried out by the explorer Henry Blosse Lynch of the Indian Navy. Legends and notations concerning the topography of the region cover the face of the map with routes and...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 map

106. IOR/X/3206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3206
Title:
‘Map of Arabia. Compiled from all the most recent authorities, by order of the Court of Directors of the East India Company by John Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by J. Walker, Geographer to the Honble East India Company. Engraved by J.&C. Walker. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of the Arabian Peninsula showing the approximate location of the major nomadic tribes with regions’ boundaries outlined in...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1849
Extent:
1 map

107. IOR/X/3233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3233
Title:
‘Sketch in Outline of the Isthmus at Aden showing the manner in which the Special Committee propose to defend the Flanks of their Position’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Outline plan compiled by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 15 July 1843. Shows the proposed site of military camp in Aden with fortifications and position of guns of batteries, barracks and water supply reser...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:

1 map

108. IOR/X/3151/3/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3151/3/12
Title:
‘The Shaṭṭ el ‘Aráb from Baṣrah to the Bar of the River Euphrates and the River Kárún from Salmánah Isle to Moḥommerah with the Bah-a-mishìr surveyed by Colonel Chesney and the Officers of the expeditions’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by Col. Chesney. Engraved by J.&C. Walker. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings recorded in fathoms. Published as a part of a survey, above title ‘XII’ relates to sheet number.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
1 map sheet

109. IOR/X/3685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3685
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Back-water at Ras Al Khyma. By Lieut.t J.M. Guy. 1822. Drawn by M. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. 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 1822 showing Ras Al Khyma [Ras al-Khaimah]. Place names given both in English and Ara...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 map

110. IOR/X/3086/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3086/2
Title:
‘A PART OF BELUCHISTAN WITH PART OF MEKRAN AND THE PERSO-BELUCH BOUNDARY DRAWN & COMPILED BY CAPTAIN BERESFORD LOVETT R.E. attached to the Special Mission to Mekran UNDER MAJOR GENERAL F.J. GOLDSMID, C.B. From actual surveys by Major E.C. Ross, Assistant Political Agent, Gwadur; Captain Beresford Lovett, R.E.; and Quarter Master Serjeant D. Bower, R.E.’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Trel. Saunders, India Office. Lithographed from tracings entitled: ‘Beluchistan, comprising Mekran and the Perso-Beluch Boundary’. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Coloured for reference with boundary indicated by pecked line and tinted pink. Routes shown in red and...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 map