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Place Arakan, Burma

11. Mss Eur F410

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F410
Title:
Letter [dated 1874] from John Ogilvy Hay, businessman of Akyab, transmitting a copy of 'Papers connected with the improvement of Arakan and railway communication through Burma...etc' (Privately printed 1873, BL ref: 08235.h.58), commenting on the suitability of the Arakan Hill Tracts for development, and enclosing a letter the recent succesful cultivation of various crops, particularly tobacco.
Scope & Content:
Letter [dated 1874] from John Ogilvy Hay, businessman of Akyab, transmitting a copy of 'Papers connected with the improvement of Arakan and railway communication through Burma...etc' (Privately printed 1873, BL ref: 08235.h.58), commenting on the suitability of the Arakan Hill Tracts for develop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
Extent:
4 folios

12. Photo 1347

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1347
Title:
Photographs of rock carvings at Padaw, between Akyab and Rathedaung, Arakan, Burma. Photographer: R. M. Hall
Scope & Content:
Collection of 5 loose prints. Four of the photographs show rock carvings at Padaw. The fifth print shows a Burmese man posed beside what appears to be part of a ruined architectural structure. A pencilled note on the verso of print 1 notes that the rock carvings were visited and photographed in 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
5 items

13. WD65

Reference (shelfmark):
WD65
Title:
Hilly scene, Myeng Mateng from Makladoug (Arakan). 4 March 1853. Artist(s): Yule, Sir Henry (1820-1889)
Scope & Content:
Hilly scene, Myeng Mateng from Makladoug (Arakan). 4 March 1853. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Myeng Mateng. March 4th/53.’ On back a squared-up pencil sketch of a harbour inscribed:’ Batu.’ Pencil; 10.25 by 14.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 Item