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1. IOR/X/10308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/10308
Title:
Chart of the Strait of Babellmandell 'Made by John Friend Against ye East India hous in leaden hall Street London Ano Dno 1714'
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn nautical chart of the Strait of Babellmandell [Bab-el-Mandeb] at the south entrance into the Red Sea drawn by John Friend in 1714 to “A Scale of Twentey English Miles”. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings with reefs and shoals represented by c...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1714
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/X/10310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/10310
Title:
‘Coast Views taken while employed on the Survey of the Arabian Side of the Gulf of Persia By Lieutenant M. Houghton, Draughtsman H.C. Marine’
Scope & Content:
Title taken from the Album's title-page. An unpublished volume illustrated with 20 watercolour coastal views depicting the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf drawn by Lieutenant Michael Houghton during the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829. On the verso o...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1825
Extent:

1 volume (23 folios), illustrated with 20 watercolour, pencil and pen and ink drawings

3. IOR/X/10309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/10309
Title:
‘Persian Gulf single charts.–Memoir.–Lieut. Houghton’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a ‘memoir’ written by Lieutenant Michael Houghton, draughtsman on board the Honorable Company’s ship Discovery, which consists of a description of places encountered during the East India Company’s survey of the Persian Gulf during the 1820s. The memoir covers the survey’s jo...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1822
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

4. IOR/X/3257

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3257
Title:
‘Peninsula of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Plan of the Aden peninsula featuring the military site with defence structures including Victoria Bastion, Arsenal, Magazine, Barracks, and Tunnel. Coastal defences shown include Pier of Obstruction, Tower battery, West Gate battery, Ras Morbat F...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/X/3230/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3230/5
Title:
‘Jibbul Huddeed. Section on c, h’
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1843
Extent:
1 item

6. IOR/X/3230/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3230/3
Title:
‘Jibbul Huddeed. Section on K, B, l’
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1843
Extent:
1 item

7. IOR/X/3229/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3229/3
Title:
‘Sections on the top of Ras-ul-Girreff’
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1843
Extent:
1 item

8. IOR/X/3230/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3230/6
Title:
‘Jibbul Huddeed. Section on g., e., m.’
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1843
Extent:
1 item

9. IOR/X/3211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3211
Title:
View of Muscat town and forts
Scope & Content:
Inscriptions: On verso: ‘Delivered to Library 12th Octr 1811’ In red ink: 'L.31'. Labels: Two East India Company Library’s stamps on recto and verso (oval , black); and India Office stamp (oval, black)
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1811
Extent:
1 view

10. IOR/X/3115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3115
Title:
A Sketch of Bushire and its Vicinity
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown pictorially. Hand drawn sketch map showing Bushier and surrounding area with routes indicated by red dotted line and settlements represented pictorially. Shows the location of sulphur mines south of Shombag [Shonbeh]. Title from ‘A Catalogue of Manuscript ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1819
Extent:

1 map