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11. IOR/R/15/2/730

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/730
Title:
‘File 28/36 Loss by enemy action’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and reports relating to the sinking by an enemy (presumed Japanese) submarine of two dhows, belonging to Kuwait and Qatar, in the Indian Ocean, including: a copy of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rup...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1942-15 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

12. IOR/X/3649/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3649/1-2
Title:
'Chart of the Indian Ocean; from the Cape of Good Hope, to Calcutta, including the Red Sea & Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

13. IOR/X/14751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14751
Title:
A Collection of Maps of India, Adjacent Countries and the Indian Ocean, previously owned by Enoch Powell, MP
Scope & Content:
This collection has 14 sheets, some of which are composites of individual sheets pasted to form contiguous areas of India and adjacent countries. The most recent printed date on the maps is 1946, the oldest is 1923. The manuscript additions on some maps are undated. The envelope associated with t...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 sheets and 1 envelope

14. IOR/X/14768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14768
Title:
A Collection of Pages from an Atlas by W. & A. K. Johnston
Scope & Content:
Topographical maps of countries in Asia, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, and Oceania, on 12 pages (6 sheets) from an atlas of the world by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London.IOR/X/14768/1 - page 53, India, scale approximately 1:18,000,000, and page 54, India (North), scale approximatel...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
6 sheets

15. Mss Eur A196

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A196
Title:
Robert Allan papers.
Scope & Content:
Journal of Robert Allan, an officer of HMS `Salsette', on convoy and patrol duties to India and in the Indian Ocean.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813-1816
Extent:
1 volume

16. Mss Eur C666

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C666
Title:
`An Account of the Constant Trade Wind, the Monsoons, or Periodical Trade Winds... that Commonly blow in East India, the Currents that particularly run in particular Tracks at Certain Seasons. The Best Method to Navigate Ships from Port to Port in India, ...etc': undated and anonymous manuscript containing advice on navigation in Indian waters and Persian Gulf taken from ships logs from 1730s to 1750s (latest dated 1756).
Scope & Content:
`An Account of the Constant Trade Wind, the Monsoons, or Periodical Trade Winds... that Commonly blow in East India, the Currents that particularly run in particular Tracks at Certain Seasons. The Best Method to Navigate Ships from Port to Port in India, ...etc': undated and anonymous manuscript...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
55 pages

17. Mss Eur C788

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C788
Title:
P A B Thomson papers.
Scope & Content:
`Jean Francois Hodoul, Corsair of the Indian Ocean': typescript account by P A B Thomson.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1996
Extent:
1 folder

18. Mss Eur F110/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F110/11
Title:
Notes on Coins, Weights and Measures, and Conditions of Trade at Various Ports in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
Scope & Content:
This untitled volume was compiled by John Pybus, an employee of the East India Company from 1742 to 1768. It contains notes relevant to trade in ports of the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and South China Sea. Subjects include: The weights, measures, and currencies used in different ports, and met...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (95 folios)