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Name Royal Geographical Society, 1830-

1. Add MS 36466

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Add MS 36466
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Scope & Content:
Vol. XI. (ff. 469). 1830-1832. includes: ff. 1, 4, 198, 244 Harriet Theodora Spencer, wife of Reverend George John Trevor Spencer: Letters to J. C. Hobhouse, her brother: 1823-1851. ff. 2, 41, 61, 125, 247 George John Trevor Spencer, Bishop of Madras: Letters to J. C. Hobhouse: 1823-1853. f. 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1830-1832
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 40537

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Add MS 40537
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Vol. CCCLVII.(ff. 433). 11-31 Dec. 1843. includes: ff. 1, 101 George Robert Dawson, Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence with his brother-in-law Sir R. Peel: 1813-1846.f. 3 Charles Gatliff: Letter to Sir R. Peel: 1843.: Signed.f. 3 Thomas Southwood Smith, MD; sanitary reformer: Lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1843
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 88906/25/6 A

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Add MS 88906/25/6 A
Title:
Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia.
Scope & Content:
Shows part of the Middle East with inked lines delineating area 'A' suggested for French administration, and area 'B' for British administration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. IOR/L/PS/10/135

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IOR/L/PS/10/135
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File 758/1908 'Arabia: Travellers - Mr G W Bury'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes and press cuttings relating to the movements of the explorer and naturalist, George Wyman Bury. The majority of the correspondence is between Bury himself, the India Office, the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and the Political Residency at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1915
Extent:
1 volume (229 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/122

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IOR/L/PS/12/122
Title:
PZ 7769/1934 'Supply of maps to the political resident in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes, supply notes, and an air consignment note, relating to the supply of maps to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes correspondence between Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and John Gilbert Laithwait...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1934-9 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2137, f 308

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IOR/L/PS/12/2137, f 308
Title:
ARABIA. Route Traverse across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31
Scope & Content:
Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931. The map depicts Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and also provides some indication of relief. Also included is a table of referenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1931
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 376

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IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 376
Title:
‘Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1. It shows the names and locations of key settlements and regions during the period of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. These are superimposed in red ink over a map of the eastern Ottoman Empire. Portrays hydrology, relief by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 397

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IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 397
Title:
Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the names and locations of key settlements and regions during the period of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. These are superimposed in red ink over a map of the eastern Ottoman Empire. Portrays hydrology, relief by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map sheet

9. IOR/R/15/6/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27
Title:
File XXIII/1 British Consulate Muscat, Travels in Oman, 1894-1900
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a proposed journey from Muscat across southern Arabia to Hadhramaut in Yemen by the explorer, James Theodore Bent. The correspondence focuses on Bent's request for an Indian surveyor in the employ of the Government of India to accompany him on the tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1894-25 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

10. IOR/X/12049

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IOR/X/12049
Title:
[Composite map from the International Map of the World at 1:1,000,000 comprising parts of: I.37 Damascus, I.38 Baghdad, and I.39 Tehran] GSGS 2555
Scope & Content:
A composite topographical map composed of at least three sheets glued together to cover a contiguous area from present-day Syria and eastern Turkey to Iran, and northern Iraq to Georgia. Manuscript additions in black ink indicate 'suggested new Southern boundary of Kurdistan', 'Western Frontier, ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 sheet