Plan of the Summit of Marbut shewing the Houses and Forts recommended
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A sketch plan of the summit of Ras Marbut [Ra’s Marbut] with separate drawings of three elevation details (A, B and C). The plan shows the locations of the dwellings of various British Government and army officers and three sections labelled: ‘A. Battery & Tower about to be erected as th...
Plan of Ras Morbut and Entrance to Western Bay. Aden
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Map of Ras Morbut [Ra’s Marbut] including lines showing: The range of Captain Haines’s battery [Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden] The range of the Committee’s battery The range of Lieutenant Curtis’s battery The entrance to the harbour, Ras Morbut and Ras Torshyan. Five referen...
Plan to accompany Committee's Report on the proposed PIER OF OBSTRUCTION
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Map indicating the coast line, with Long Island opposite, two proposed positions of the pier, and information on extreme low tide. The map is signed by the four members of the Committee that was convened to decide the best site for the construction of the pier of obstruction and is dated 'Aden,...
‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 86
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Enclosures to secret letters from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, addressed to the East India Company Secret Committee. Copies are signed by Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Papers relate to political and military affairs in Bombay [Mumbai], Calcutta [Kolkata], Sinde [Si...
Map Showing the Passage of EIC Steamers Comet, Nimrod, and Meteor During the Battle of Hyderabad
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This item comprises the foldout of an untitled copy of a tinted map with a key and orientation, but lacking dimensions. It shows the course of the river near the village of Kotmeer [Kot Mir Muhammad Khan?] on the road to Hydrabad [Hyderabad] and the southward passage of the East India Company’s ...
This item comprises a line drawn map laid out within a grid of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates to scale (20 miles to five inches), but lacking a key, showing the Ras Hafoon [Raʾs Hafun] island and sandy land bridge linked to the north-eastern coast of Berbera [Somalia], Africa. The map s...